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The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

milenaaax98's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

asc1006's review against another edition

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2.0

Not so bad but definately not as great as everybody make it out to be.

thelmac_xx's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

4.0

carmenpeerezm's review against another edition

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3.0

Me uno al club de los que están decepcionados con el final y no entienden el porqué de la existencia de Henry….pero enfin, estoy contenta en general porque amo a estos personajes y aish…RONAN VOY A POR TU SAGA HIJO MÍO <3

Also Noah merecía mucho más (¿Por qué Maggie? ¿POR QUÉ?)

maddie_orart's review against another edition

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4.0

Full review posted on Of Reading and Random Things

Depending on where you began the story, it was about me 😀 . Five years ago, a book called The Raven Boys was published and as someone who can never resist the temptation of a new book, I walked out of my local bookstore proudly holding a copy, placed it on my bookshelf and… never read it. I didn’t regret it though. Because when I finally read it this year, all four books were released and I didn’t have to wait at all.

This series is such an amazing series, and I truly enjoyed reading it. The one thing that marred the experience for me is the ending, but I know that so many people love it. The Raven Cycle is definitely worth reading and I can see myself revisiting Blue and the Raven boys many times in the future.

karenbookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book is honestly the best conclusion to this series and I don't think I'll easily recover from it because of how good it is. 
I always told myself there is no way another twist will happen, there are barely enough pages and so many twists happened already. But then I flip the page and it blew my mind. 

I have mixed feelings about me taking 4 years to continue and conclude the series. On the one hand, I felt like I enjoyed the story way more right now and I could understand it better. But on the other hand, I kind of wished I read the entire series back to back. But I think in both cases my enjoyment of the series would've been the same because of how good it is o(≧▽≦)o

In this installment, I felt the most attached to all the characters. Blue, Gansey, Ronan, Adam, even Henry where we get to know more of in this book, all the ladies of 300 Fox Way, and of course Mr. Gray (*˘︶˘*).。.:*♡
I just love all the characters (except of course for them villains, no love for you in my heart) and I love the development they go through in this book. They will always be precious to my heart and I'll miss them terribly.

I won't talk much about the book because it would spoil a lot, but I just want to say that I love it so much, this book as well as the entire series Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→

I do have some passages I loved and I will share them here! Some of them might be spoilers so tread carefully 😊

Adam pressed his lips together, and then he asked, "Did you dream Cabeswater?"
Ronan's blue eyes flicked up to Adam.

Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.

"Tell me where Owen Glendower is," he said to the darkness. Crisp and sure, with the same power he had used to command Noah, to command the skeletons in the cave. "Show me where the Raven King is."

They'd come here for him. They'd come here for him.
They'd come here for him.
"Please," Gansey said. "Please help me."
Henry tossed the bee into the air. "I thought you'd never ask."

Ambition greed hatred violence contempt ambition greed hatred violence contempt
She was dead.
The demon began to rise.
Unmaker, unmaker, I wake, I wake, I wake

He turned his head and rubbed the blindfold off his eyes.
He saw the end of the world.

Adam looked up from where he was folded in the grass. His voice was small. "What about Cabeswater?"
"What about it?" Ronan asked. "It's not powerful enough to do anything anymore."
"I know," Adam replied. "But if you asked --- it might die for him."

amandalyn's review against another edition

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5.0

I have nothing but warm and fuzzy feelings about this book. It was just so beautiful. I just wanna carry it around with me for the rest of the week, stroking it lovingly from time to time.

Sad it was the end, but what an end it was.

kateandherlibrary's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

gracietemplet's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

allyreadsromance's review against another edition

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5.0

Fantastic ending to the series. I really do not want to say very much since I do not want to spoil anything.

Though to be honest the author definitely left room for more stories (and I really hope she does write them)!!