Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

41 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is a very good book. Especially considering that i was written 10 years ago. It was exactly my level of creepy. Not scary. I cannot tolerate scary. The characters are great, it is so very engaging, good dialogues, supernatural, witchy, dark academia, perfect for a busy fall read for people who do not want to be scared but do not want to feel left out either. Would recommand. I do not think that the ending is very strong. (But I guess it’s okay considering that it is a first in a series.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Car accident, Vomit, and Self harm

jennylarue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If I had to teach a writing class on how to write the perfect character, I would just give them this book. Spectacular and Will Patton’s narration of the audiobook was the best medium to digest this story :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

wallflovver's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

i absolutely love this series and im so happy to finally sit down for a reread! the first time i read the raven cycle was 2016 which is mad, it doesn't seem all that long..

though it has been long enough that while i think of these books often, ive forgotten a lot of the finer details. it truly feels like seeing a bunch of old friends and going on an adventure 

its pretty slow to start, but that's due to heavy lore and world building which i find fascinating anyways.. but come the second half of the book i hated putting it down

i genuinely love the characters, and find it so intriguing that not a single character is without flaws.. its so delicious to me

i literally cannot wait to reread the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Self harm, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

m__maya's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

magpi3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

First read: 15/09 - 16/09

Second read: 05/02/16 - 07/02/16

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gun violence

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Classism, and Violence

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

nicamooch's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was far too slow for me for the first 30% (I felt like I was fighting to get through it) but I got invested when Blue and Gansey (finally) properly met 😂

I’m not typically one for slow paced character driven books but there’s a quirky feel to this book and its characters that all ended up growing on me. The character development and their relationships with each other were interesting (especially Adam and Gansey’s 😭). 

I also can’t remember the last time I got a little spooked by a book either! The Chapter 28 twist reveal was so good 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Ableism, and Classism

adamustdie_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

started very slow, but ended very fast. immaculate worldbuilding. all of the characters were three dimensional which i appreciated a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Cursing, and Vomit