Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

32 reviews

jenarae'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? 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

rebecca713's review against another edition

3.0

(mild spoilers)

I'm just not a fan of multiple perspectives when the stories don't intersect until the last 40 pages. Also the chapters were very very short and too many of them ended on cliffhangers, so it was really hard to get invested in any of the stories since they kept cutting off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

seanamcphie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Chronic illness, Grief, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Vomit, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Classism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Self harm

carlyisnotliterate's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.5

"does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Death

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

I will say, listening to this wasn't the best idea because I found it a little hard to follow in the beginning. Though that might also be because it's been forever since I read The Raven Cycle. But Ronan is one of my favorites, and I enjoyed getting to see his world expanded. And I'll still probably read the rest of the trilogy when they come out! I'm intrigued to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Minor: Self harm, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

trixiez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

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