Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

23 reviews

valenhv8's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Stalking, and Death of parent

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I started this book with all the intention of giving it 4 stars because I was hoping to really like it, but I’m starting to think this isn’t so much for me. Not that 3 ⭐ is bad, but it wasn’t what I expected. This book or series is not bad at all, is just that I’m not connecting with it the way that I expected.

To be honest I’m getting a bit bored but I’m still going to read the last book. I don’t understand how people waited 1 year for each book, I mean if I had to wait that long after these endings I think I would DNF because is not like it’s a great ending or interesting (to me)

This book is: is not just Glendowell but there’s 3 sleepers and the whole story revolves around that, and like… that’s it.

This guy with complicated last name who was the ex boss of the Gray? I thought he would be an all powerful evil guy but he’s just so weak, all bark and no bite. His wife Piper has more balls than him lo and was more interesting (especially in the end)

The biggest disappointment for me was thinking I would finally love the characters… but 😭 is not that I hate them, I just dislike them (Blue and Ronan) or I don’t care (Gansey and Adam), we won’t even talk about Noah because he’s the one with the most potential to be interesting (in my opinion) but he barely appears.

Besides this is kind of forgettable (and I do have a very good memory) because I would not read this for 3 days and I could not remember what even happened, there was one point where I could not even remember Ronan’s name, it was weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

Here is the specifics of the content warnings I selected, and it’s very vague so there’s no spoilers:

Panic Attack: At the very beginning, when they're exploring the cave and something happens to one of them he says "I think I'm having a panic attack"

Domestic abuse / Child abuse: Adam father coming to his apartment and him thinking about the old abuse, and mention of the trial.

Gun Violence / Violence / Blood / Death: Someone killing someone and a fight by the end.

Death of parent: Two of the kids seeing a vision of their parents dead.

unicorn3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Until now it's by far my favourite book in this series! I loved it from the start until the end. It's really interesting and the characters had a great development which I love to read about in the last book too!

Also Piper and Colin! I really liked them as side characters here too

I'm curious what will happen with the three sleepers who are they? Will they wake Glendower and get their wish? Will Gansey die? 
So many open questions for the last book to close...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

So, I really like this book. I will say that in the first half of the book it just felt like things were happening for no reason at all. I can't even remember much of it, just a day after having read it.

However, it got much MUCH better throughout the second half.

I still really like Ronan, and Adam is starting to grow on me. Gansey maybe even more, but he's being pulled down by Blue. Honestly. Remove her. I cannot stand her at all. The story genuinely would've been so much better without Blue and her whole family WITH☝ the exception of Maura*. She's a great character, and her dynamic with the Gray Man works really well. Alas, I cannot stand Calla, Persephone, or Orla, and as honourable mentions: Neeve. Why not just spell it Niamh when that is her name? Silly Americans.

* You know how so many female characters are exclusively love interests for male characters? Well, Blue is Maura's daughter character. Like, she's just there to make Maura a MILF. Blue is excessive; Maura is life.

The whole 300 Fox Way family feels so... 🤌 quasi-weird. Like the author's writing a family made up of signature quirky girls™.
Now, Greenmantle and Piper?! They're the O.G.s. My favourite couple by far here. I love to see read about they're weird interactions. They never let you know what comes next, and they're just so authentically peculiar.

Like, I imagine 300 Fox Way being weird in a cat way. Like cringe. Come on, cats are not that weird, just shut up already.
Meanwhile, Greenmantle and Piper are weird in a stick insect way. So peculiar and odd, but it's just the way they live life. There are no Tumblr people going «LMAO XD STICK BUGS ARE SO WEIRD» No. They are authentic. The real shit.

The plot is good, though. :)
Very nice, very intriguing, and I LOVE the details like Chainsaw, a made-up mum?? (Niall Lynch literally got the woman of his dreams).
This is what really makes up the book, so this alone I'd say would've made the five-star, but the 300 Fox Way people pull it down. Should've just been Gansey, Ronan, and Adam, because to be honest, hadn't it been for his shared plot-line with Gansey, Noah could've been dropped as well.

Anyways, I do recommend the series. It's definitely worth it, AND it is worth mentioning that I seem to be the only person with this opinion on 300 Fox Way. That and that I think I'm going down a rabbit hole of shitty things to say about them. Giving Maura a bad reputation, really.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

endlessconfused's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Classism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, and Gore

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Physical abuse

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Stiefvater has gotten her groove back (at least in my eyes)! I love the amount of Blue-Gansey content. I also felt that the plot was more concise, and everything was tied together. I am heading into the final installment happy to be continuing and sad to be near the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent