Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

38 reviews

boneloose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. have not been this completely sucked into a book in a WHILE. will say that i am someone who adores the raven cycle and am currently on my 4th reread of that series, and while things are contextualized within the book, i don't think someone who hasn't read TRC would enjoy this book as much. it feels much less like a companion series set in the same universe and rather a flash forward continuation of the original series. that being said, i loved it. my current emotional state 5 minutes upon finishing having read the last 20% in one sitting is wanting to gnaw off my fist. AHHHHH.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

Tldr; Ronan and company are back and better than ever, and the cast, the writing, and the stakes are *chef’s kiss*.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/call-down-the-hawk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Trafficking

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

There is something intimate in being read to, hearing someone speak in a ragged, raspy, growling tone... It gives you goosebumps. Will Patton, sweet baby bajebus, your voice does things to me.


Also, Maggie Stiefvater did it again! I got sucked right into this story, just like TRC and do NOT regret a thing! The world, the characters, the story, multi-POV, new characters mixed with existing ones from TRC! GOD DAMN IT YOU'RE FUCKING BRILLIANT!

There is so much going on in this one!
My reactions were as goes:

Oh shit!
Matthew, oh, my heart. 🥺 I'm not crying, you are. 🥲
What!?
Oh my gods!
Gasp!! Oh fuck!
*shocked face* 😲😮
*almost crying*🥺
*sad face*😞😟
Well shit, I did not see that coming.

Now if I can get Cloud Library to cooperate, I can start Mister Impossible!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cursing, and Gun violence

limiwh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Body horror, and Blood

jenarae's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Physical abuse

rebecca713's review

3.0

(mild spoilers)

I'm just not a fan of multiple perspectives when the stories don't intersect until the last 40 pages. Also the chapters were very very short and too many of them ended on cliffhangers, so it was really hard to get invested in any of the stories since they kept cutting off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

seanamcphie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Suicide, Chronic illness, Grief, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Vomit, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Classism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Self harm

carlyisnotliterate's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

spent half of this book trying to remember if Jordan was the dream or the dreamer lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

thecourtofreading's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

"does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Death

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

betweentheshelves's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

I will say, listening to this wasn't the best idea because I found it a little hard to follow in the beginning. Though that might also be because it's been forever since I read The Raven Cycle. But Ronan is one of my favorites, and I enjoyed getting to see his world expanded. And I'll still probably read the rest of the trilogy when they come out! I'm intrigued to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Minor: Self harm, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts