Comments on: Review: Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:14:58 +0000

Absentee or neglectful parents in YA are a major pet peeve of mine, too — and many other folks, I’d wager. You’re right: it’s hard to believe a father could be that absent-minded!

Based on your review and other mixed ones I’ve read, I’m pretty sure this isn’t for me — though I totally appreciate what you mean about thinking your teenage self would be in love with it! That would probably be the case for me, too.

By: mariel

mariel — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:41:20 +0000

I just finished it this morning. Enjoyable enough for me to want to finish and know what happened, but certainly nothing special. I agree about Grace’s parents. It felt a bit like the author decided that they would be in the way of the plot otherwise. I won’t be rushing out to read more of her work. But then perhaps I’m just a little bored of all the vampire and werewolf literature out there at the moment!

By: kay @ Infiniteshelf

kay @ Infiniteshelf — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:49:06 +0000

I completely agree with your review : I loved the author’s prose, too, though the book was a bit more romancy that I thought it would be. Glad you enjoyed it too!

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:28:49 +0000

Yeah, I’m not too sure about this book. I’m not a big fan of werewolves to begin with, either.

Ah, absentee YA parents… it is hard to believe parents would leave their kids in a state of such benign neglect; but then my brother’s fifteen year old girlfriend has slept over here and not gone home for over a week and apparently her mom barely noticed and didn’t care if she did, so who knows. Maybe there really are parents out there who would do that.

By: Andi

Andi — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:15:24 +0000

I haven’t been too excited about this one since werewolves aren’t usually my thing anyway. I’ve seen a lot of good reviews, but I fear our opinions might be closer than all the lovers. We’ll see.

By: Nishita

Nishita — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:15:02 +0000

Your review made me smile. I usually don’t mind paranormal romances, but I do wish there was some kind of tension/suspense build-up in these novels. This is probably one of those YA books, which is probably not complex enough for adults

By: Amy @ My Friend Amy

Amy @ My Friend Amy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:02:00 +0000

I like YA Paranormal romances and I cannot lie? I think I would have loved it EVEN MORE if I was a teen, but I still really liked it, and loved Linger.

I think Stiefvater did a great job of evoking a particular feeling…the cold woods, the desperation of being young and in love. I also feel annoyed about the parents and that continuing issue in YA but it also seems to be more realistic than I originally thought after talking to friends who are teachers.

By: zibilee

zibilee — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:46:55 +0000

I can’t say that this book sounds interesting to me, but I am also sure that as a younger reader, I would have eaten it up. I bet my daughter would love this book though, as she loved the Twilight series and has read it several times, and she recently asked me to find her a book about wolves. This review is really timely for me and I thank you for posting it!! You made my job as a mom a little bit easier this week!!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:23:06 +0000

I don't think I'll be reading this one. I had considered it, but it really just doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. .-= Stephanie´s last blog ..Book Review: The 19th Wife =-.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:58:53 +0000

I am glad that I didn't read the back cover. i wouldn't have liked it either if I was expected a thriller. There was nothing creepy about this book at all. .-= Nicole´s last blog ..Lauren Belfer & A Fierce Radiance – Author Event =-.