Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

18 reviews

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

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

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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: Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

scrubsandbooks'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my god.

What an amazing conclusion to a trilogy and a universe where I fell in love with almost all the characters. I cried so many times, gripped the edges (of my Kindle) as I tore through this. As much as I love Ronan, I loved that the attention on him eased up to focus on other characters who were also very pivotal to the overall plot arc. I got exactly what I needed from this series and I will never be the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and 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

betweentheshelves's review

adventurous emotional 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

Not going to lie, I don't really remember what happened in the second book in this trilogy. But that's okay! It came back to me for the most part while I was listening to the audiobook. This book does get mind-bendy in the way that Maggie Stiefvater books can, which isn't a bad thing! It does kind of make me want to return to the Raven Cycle, though.

Anyway, I wanted more Ronan in this. While getting to see more of Declan was great, Ronan was one of my favorite characters from The Raven Cycle, and he's not in much of this particular book, until the end. Give me more of Ronan, please!

If you are a fan of the Raven Cycle, you will love the way this brings both of the trilogies together at the end. It's a good send off for characters that so many people love. Overall, once I got rid of the cobwebs, I did enjoy this finale of the Raven Cycle world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Kidnapping