Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

13 reviews

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

That was so lovely.

Is this the perfectest book ever? No, there are plenty of things that I think could've been handled better.

But just the fact that it put me into a reading slump for weeks because I was so scared to finish it with all those cliff-hangers, and all those insane plot-twists that mirrored or were foreshadowed in the previous books making me want to reread them,

combined with that sweet, sweet epilogue that had me giggling and kicking me feet like a five year old (WHAT DO YOU MEAN JORDAN AND DECLAN ARE MARRIED? AND ADAM AND RONAN ARE ENGAGED??????)

alone are enough for me to rate it 5 stars.

If the fact that this might be the last book ever featuring these wonderful characters and this wonderful universe influenced the rating, we're not gonna talk about it :)

I miss them already

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, and Cursing

softiejace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Addiction

booksandstardust's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Body horror, and Grief

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

These characters, with all their spikes and petals and stardust and war crimes and dreams and quirks and defaults and angst have my whole heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

imds's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Violence, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

A meandering and messy ending that can't quite decide who to focus on which leads to Ronan getting sidelined in his own series. The book takes forever to get to an anticlimactic finale and an epilogue that's fanservice-y in uninteresting ways. By the ending, the characters and world were stale, missing the variety of magic and strong bonds between the entire cast from The Raven Cycle. Without the found family or multiple forms of mysterious magic, this series rings hollow after one book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

cassellwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

multiplyoctopi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Gun violence, and Grief

black_cat_iiix's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Moderate: Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Gore, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Murder

smithreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Kidnapping