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Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

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carlyisnotliterate's review against another edition

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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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claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

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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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dandelioness's review against another edition

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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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gothicmoon's review against another edition

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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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meg_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.25

I love these characters so deeply it is painful. And I definitely loved this book, primarily because of the characters. The way that Maggie Stiefvater fleshes out each character in such a detailed way and weaves together each of their individual stories together is my favorite thing about the books she writes, and in particular, any book within this raven cycle realm. I loved getting to know Declan more throughout this book, and absolutely grew to love Jordan very quickly as well. The only reason this one isn't getting five stars from me is that the plot didn't really pull me in this time. I was already very invested in these characters (mainly Ronan and Adam) and kept reading to see more of them, and then slowly became more invested as more of the individual characters were developed. The plot itself was very much so a background element of the book for me. Aside from that, I am an absolute sucker for Maggie Stiefvater's writing and almost every romantic element she writes has my heart squeezing in my chest it is so good. I will forever be obsessed with Ronan and Adam and every scene with them together was literal perfection. Very much so looking forward to book 2. 

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