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Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

7 reviews

booksandstardust's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Stalking, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

billyjepma's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The additional worldbuilding and new characters Stiefvater introduced in her sequel series are total gold and feel like perfect extensions of everything she did with The Raven Cycle. She had a unique, incredibly compelling way of merging reality with fantasy without diminishing the strengths of either. This is a creative, exciting, and big story and I enjoyed it immensely for all those reasons. 

But the central protagonist is a mostly one-note character whose perspective is so shallow that I almost dropped off entirely in the second act. Ronan Lynch is a perfect supporting character—he adds the right kind of tension and dimension to an ensemble that steals the spotlight without fully claiming it. But as the protagonist, his shortcomings become distracting. I like where he ends up at the end of this book, so I have hope for the following two books, but I was bored by him here, especially considering how interesting his supporting cast is. Every other character is so cool and engages with the dangerous, fantastical world Stiefvater dreamt up in unexpected ways. It’s exciting stuff, and thankfully, all of that comes to the forefront in time for the thrilling third act. The various storylines finally come together and Ronan gets to work off other characters, which is where he’s at his best.

My trepidations aside, I’m excited for more and even more excited to see Stiefvater lean harder into the wilder, almost cosmic fantasy (horror?) she’s been teasing us with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Death, Cursing, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Car accident, and Animal death

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

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

claudiamacpherson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I love Maggie Stiefvater’s writing so. much. I obviously love fantasy as a genre, but the way Stiefvater writes it is unlike any other writer I know. It’s part of her stories—an important part—but they still feel so <i>real</i> and close to the real world. I’m often turned off by (what I feel to be gratuitous) grittiness or violence in stories, but Stiefvater always makes me care enough about the characters that I’ll power through those parts. I loved the Ronan/Adam scenes, though they were few and far between, and I enjoyed getting to know Declan better (shockingly, he’s not nearly as annoying as he seemed). However, I definitely missed the characters and found family from the The Raven Cycle.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

dandelioness's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm

gothicmoon'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? No

4.0

HOW IS ADAM AS A SIDE CHARACTER? HOW IS HE PERCEIVED WHEN HES NOT CARRYING THE PLOT ON HIS BACK? dreamer trilogy-only fans please advise 

lindenmere beautiful declan beautiful farooq-lane beautiful liliana beautiful hennessy beautiful everything everything everything . 

parsifal is so annoying god bless . reminds me too much of myself /: 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Death