Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

54 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

This is a very good book. Especially considering that i was written 10 years ago. It was exactly my level of creepy. Not scary. I cannot tolerate scary. The characters are great, it is so very engaging, good dialogues, supernatural, witchy, dark academia, perfect for a busy fall read for people who do not want to be scared but do not want to feel left out either. Would recommand. I do not think that the ending is very strong. (But I guess it’s okay considering that it is a first in a series.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Car accident, Vomit, and Self harm

sunsorbit's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Murder

Heavily features ghosts, spirits, a scene of something akin to possession, and a scene of finding the dead body of a teenager in a severe state of decomposition

wallflovver's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

i absolutely love this series and im so happy to finally sit down for a reread! the first time i read the raven cycle was 2016 which is mad, it doesn't seem all that long..

though it has been long enough that while i think of these books often, ive forgotten a lot of the finer details. it truly feels like seeing a bunch of old friends and going on an adventure 

its pretty slow to start, but that's due to heavy lore and world building which i find fascinating anyways.. but come the second half of the book i hated putting it down

i genuinely love the characters, and find it so intriguing that not a single character is without flaws.. its so delicious to me

i literally cannot wait to reread the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Self harm, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

mooncarving's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

summerspence's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Murder

Minor: Grief, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Classism, and Gun violence

lucyfette's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i really enjoyed the first book in the series! took a good while for me to properly get into, as there’s a lot of world + character building and it’s hard to grasp and appreciate why it’s all so important until you get to when the main group of characters meet. but once they do, the story flows extremely easily from there. blue, gansey, ronan, adam and noah have such a good dynamic that’s so easy to read and follow. truly fell in love and really cared about their story and their journey. really well written and i cant wait to start on the rest of the series. 

would definitely recommend, but it just takes a while before it gets properly into it. be patient! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Blood

definitely not a triggering read but there are some things u wanna look out for! like murder, blood, abuse, ritual + sacrifice.

botanicalprofanity's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

nickoliver's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Vomit