Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

162 reviews

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

_teoeo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book exceeded my expectations (and I already had high ones)!! The characters are so loveable and so so so deep!! You know it is good writing when it makes them seem real. I can't decide which one is my favorite, everyone has parts I like about them or relate to. Also love the vibe I've felt while reading it, imagined 300 Fox Way as a cozy whimsi gothic home!! Still, I feel like there is something I've missed while reading, like I didn't fully understand what is happening. This is the only reason I rate this book 4,5 stars instead of 5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Murder

graciejames's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

josefiend's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Murder

lphreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

I rated this 5 stars when I read it 10 years ago, and honestly that’s fair I’d probably give it 4 or 4.5 now so I just rounded up to 5. I definitely still have questions but there’s 3 books left to answer them.  I love Noah Czerny <3 and Adam Parrish aaaaah <333 honestly all the Raven boys have my heart in their own ways. Adam has me so confused and I definitely roll my eyes at him sometimes but also I loved his character as a whole. 

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!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

piperrhoads's review against another edition

dark funny sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

temi403's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence and Murder

bekahmccue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide attempt

doegirlreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol