Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ravensong by TJ Klune

6 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

dahrcat's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

For adult eyes/ears at some points but done in a way which highlights the strength of the character's relationships. A wide mix of characters but you get attached to all of them and hope for things to turn out for the best. There were parts I wish it went into a little more background about some of the magic and magic users (I don't think that is too spoilery since you likely read the first one and know there's magic in the book). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Mental illness

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

sarrie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

 

TL;DR: I was scared TJ Klune couldn't pull it off after destroying me with Wolfsong but here we are. Gordo is the most grumpy, precious witch in the world. I loved it. 

Wolfsong wrecked me earlier this year. I had no idea what I was getting in for with that story and I honestly was both dreading and highly anticipating Ravensong. I put it off and put it off, but wanted to read it so bad. I knew it would make me emotional and high strung but the payoff would be worth it. But I was scared of it. I was totally right, and it was worth it. 

Ravensong follows Gordo and Mark. Gordo is the Bennett Pack's Witch and Mark is one of the Beta wolves in the pack. They have a long history, one filled with love and heartbreak and betrayal. We see why Gordo is so delightfully grumpy, why he struggles with the wolves, and how his family have shaped him. We see him acknowledge and forgive, and break out of the cage that was made for him by those people and those betrayals. AND I LOVED SO MUCH OF IT. 

I don't think I can calmly talk about how much this book hurt me and then helped heal me. But the dynamic between Gordo and his amazing friends and pack is just a beautiful representation to me of what found family can be and do for someone. The romance is good, don't get me wrong, but the found family in this? That's the beating heart of it for me and really truly recommend this if you read Wolfsong and enjoyed it. Keep going and read about my grumpy King. It'll make you happy (and sad but then happy again, I promise). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gun violence, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

dennisbnlc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Dementia, and Grief

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