Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

68 reviews

melurmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

Blue and Gansey>> all that needs to be said

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Child death and Murder

gracefully_jk's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

For the worst of the body horror/gore:

At one point, a person’s death is described, and it includes a good deal of blood and a twisted spine, though not much more detail than that, and the death itself is not as upsetting as one might expect. At another point, a few body parts of children (no longer attached to said children) are described briefly, but only for a sentence or two, and they are not exactly real.

caidyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

So far, this is the best of the series. I finally feel like I'm sinking into the story and characters. Not a superfan like others, but I'm enjoying it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Gun violence

literarycavy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Murder

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

wallflovver's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective 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

"but what she didn't realise about blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another" 

dream thieves lost points for the anger and destruction, blue lily gains them back with its focus on the building relationships between the main cast

adam and ronan's dynamic really begins to change in this volume, blue and gansey falling deeper into one another

even blue and ronan taking time to understand one another, adam repairing his bond with gansey 

there is a lot of tension in blue lily, and although the ending felt a little rushed, it left me needing to pick up the final book asap! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Stiefvater has gotten her groove back (at least in my eyes)! I love the amount of Blue-Gansey content. I also felt that the plot was more concise, and everything was tied together. I am heading into the final installment happy to be continuing and sad to be near the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

delilahjk's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

The beginning is super slow and then the ending feels way too fast. Adam in particular has great character development. The plot of this one isn't super great but the character interactions are wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

parisreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

imds's review against another edition

• 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent