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arthur_ant18's review
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Suicide attempt
singalana's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Alcohol
graciejames's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
cadance's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Minor: Suicide attempt
lphreads's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
I need to start taking better review notes as I read bc I did have thoughts I wanted to put in this review but they’re all gone now of course. I’m excited to read the rest of the series!
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
_lovedelirium's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
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.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Violence and Blood
happilyeveralli's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse and Classism
summerspence's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Murder
Minor: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism
l_arand's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
this books follows blue sargent, a teenager from a clairvoyant family. while she doesn’t have any “gifts,” herself, she acts as an amplifier for those in her family (ex. if a member of her family can pick up on energy, having blue around them can make the energy’s presence more known).
the story begins on st. mark’s eve, where the soon-to-be-dead appear. there, she sees a boy who speaks to her directly. he introduced himself as “gansey” and when blue asks for more elaboration, the only response she gets is “that’s all there is.”
this prompts her into discovering what is going on with gansey, and sends her on a hunt to try to delay his death (since those who appear in st. mark’s eve are to die within the next year). and on top of this, she’s been told since her birth that she will kill her true love if she chooses to kiss him by all of her family, who keep in mind, are all gifted with magic.
at a night shift at her service job, she sees the boy from st. mark’s eve, and this heightens her curiousity, and before she knows it she’s been indoctrinated into his group of friends who all attend algionby, an elite private college prep school for boys who have more money than they know what to do with.
so, there’s the synopsis. the characters in this book are lovely, and we do learn more about them throughout the book. however, stiefvater leaves out enough information on them (and the quest they’re on) to keep the reader wanting more, which is sensible because it’s the first book of a series (the raven cycle). i found this book to be so immersive, and that’s coming from someone who doesn’t typically gravitate towards fantasy/magic. also, there are some beautiful quotes in this work that i still think about;
“he’d chosen his weapon well: only the truth, untempered by kindness.”
“it was the stop that happened when you made up your mind to confess, but your mouth betrayed you in the end.”
“a soul is vulnerable when it is outside the mind.”
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Classism
imds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism