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Ravensong by TJ Klune

9 reviews

voxrusso's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Torture

squid4life's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

I just finished this book and I don’t know how to describe how this made me feel. One thing that I loved was Klune’s writing. In the moments that were intense and serious he was able to add humor to it. Humor that fit the characters and the situation at the same time. Klune has yet to disappoint me with his books and his writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Violence

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, War, Animal death, Gore, Torture, Grief, Child abuse, Car accident, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Violence

traceyanderson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

I have no words. 

The Bennett pack! MY HEART. My heart is being squeezed with feelings. Gordo… Gordo, Gordo, Gordo. The story of Gordo and Mark was so heartbreakingly beautiful. This book is all angst. But it has a happy ending! (An exciting, action packed, edge-of-my-seat, upsetting, and still somehow so-totally-satisfying ending.) 

It’s official. I’m a dedicated TJ Klune fan. I’ll read anything this author puts out. It’s simply incredible how many different varieties of emotion this author can wring out of me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

adancewithbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

 After finishing Wolfsong I immediately bought the rest of the series because I was just that invested in this group of people, werewolves, whatever. I knew that each book focuses on a different character and couple and I think that was a good choice. Ox and Joe had their big growth and hurdle and now it is time for the rest.

Oh Gordo, how I feel for him. I wanted to tear a few people to shreds just for him. Namely his father and Thomas Bennett. The trauma those people cost him, not on. Especially Thomas Bennett. I don't care how many excuses people keep coming up with for that man throughout this whole series, you do not leave a 15 year old boy that was just orphaned alone. Yes I might have been feeling rather stabby throughout this entire book. It shows why he so desperately wanted to keep Ox away from them in Wolfsong and I can't blame him for that.

As much as I feel that Mark and Gordo have a lot of chemistry and work, there are also parts where I felt that maybe Mark needed to get his head out of his ass. You can't expect to leave a 15 year old boy behind and have him wait for you when you never show yourself. Like get of your high horse. Though stalker mark was funny. True stalking it was not because that is not cool but the awkwardness surrounding those two was funny.

This was a strong follow up that filled in a lot of the gaps that I had from the first book. It just lacked the same emotional punch (even if I got angry so many times for Gordo). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism

Loss of limb

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

T.J is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors - the stories he weaves…there’s just something special that I can’t articulate with what I think is proper praise. They’re just beautiful. And Ravensong is no different. 

I found Ravensong followed closer to a plot-based narrative, but still retained the poetic elements of what made Wolfsong unique. Because it is definitely a unique narrative style that I don’t know is for everyone. The use of repetition, jumping between past & present, dialogue among pack bonds, and alternative sentence structure all contribute to such an impactful story of belonging, family, love, heartbreak, and always <i>packpackpack</i>

Ravensong opens the door to Gordo’s backstory. We know there’s some traumatic history based on his actions in Wolfsong, and we get the full, horribly heartbreaking scope of things surrounding his relationship with Mark, and the pack as a whole. I loved the focus on an older couple and we get some great scenes of comic relief from the “Team Human” shop guys. 

In short - absolutely fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, and Sexual content

lizacorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Xenophobia, Suicide, and Alcohol

kharlan3's review against another edition

(m/m, werewolves, romance). Kirt Graves' narration makes this book. Gordo feels so lived in. (spoilers to follow in thread)

Things I like about Ravensong:

a kinda flawed mom (it seems like otherwise, every mom in the series is perfect and every father either SUPER sucks or significantly sucks). I also really like meeting Rico, Tanner, & Chris as children. The characterization of the hunters is compelling, and the set up of Caswell folks working with them does a really good job slowly building the creeping dread.

Overall, it's a great setup for the next books.

Things I like less: the word "lowly" as in "growled lowly". IDK why I hate it.

Robert Livingstone doesn't seem to have a single redeeming quality. Parts of the sex scene really don't work for me. And I'm not 100% convinced about the WHY of Mark and Gordo. Also- where in the Ravensong narrative does the moment that Ox recounts in Wolfsong happen where he sees Gordo and Mark go to the movies?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: War, Drug use, and Pregnancy