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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

118 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

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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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sunsorbit's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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


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arthur_ant18's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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wallflovver's review against another edition

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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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singalana's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75


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cadance's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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josefiend's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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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_lovedelirium's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Feb 13, 2023~

Thought maybe 26y/o me would be able to read this with critical thinking but NOOO 2015 me reared her head and plunged me back into chronic loving pynch disease.

Would commit an atrocity of crimes for Ronan Lynch still btw. That's my forever baby.

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Decidí leer The Raven Boys porque sigo a varia gente en Twitter que no dejaban de hablar de este libro, Gansey por aquí, Gansey por allá, que si muere, que no muere (no muere, no muere, no muere, pfff es Gansey, NO muere), que Ronan y que Adam y Blue y es cosa de todos los días y sentía que ya conocía el libro y ni siquiera lo había leído. Así que decidí empezarlo porque ya estaba harta de reírme de los tweets que ponían sobre los personajes SIN YO SABER QUIENES ERAN. 

Ahora lo entiendo. Bueno no, no entendí la mitad de lo que pasó, en realidad. Es un tipo de lectura nueva para mi, nunca había leído nada parecido y la autora empieza la historia asumiendo que no es así, que uno sabe de todo acerca de psíquicos y rituales y ese tipo de fantasía, y no es asíiii. Pero pregúntenme si me importó. 

No, no me importó. El encanto de este libro está en lo peculiar que son los personajes y la amistad que los une. La personalidad de cada uno es lo que llena cada página.
Probablemente voy a encerrarme en mi cuarto lo que resta de la semana y leer los otros dos libros de la serie. 

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happilyeveralli's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

I'M FASCINATED BY THE WORLD OF THIS BOOK. I think this is definitely a new favorite. Though not "literarily" perfect, I was engaged the whole time. The characters. The concept. Teenage magical archaeologists. This is the ideal book for this moment in my life (where I happen to be in an archaeology mood). 

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temi403's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative 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

3.25

in the first half of this book i swear absolutely nothing happened. and then it got good all of a sudden and that took me by surprise. i had really high expectations which to say i was a bit disappointed but not totally. the plot however was confusing and i spent most of the time not knowing what they were talking about

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