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The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

31 reviews

jjnich's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

lizardgod's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

• My review is for all three books
• The series is wonderful yet Sakavic found a way to ruin it every time it began to shine. From the unneeded
  sex
  scenes-which frankly felt forced and were included for the sake of fanservice, entire lulls in between rushed arcs, to the edgy, dramatic, and repetitive situations all come off as above average quality Wattpad mafia fanfics. That being said Sakavic still had me wanting to find out what happened to the characters despite my aversion to sport themed content normally. Finally, the ending felt entirely too rushed and highlighted how Sakavic uses trauma as a romance plot rather than the seriousness it should have been dealt with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Torture, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Gun violence

ana_a's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This is brutal. Horribly, graphically, and violently brutal. I’m seriously struggling to understand why this series has such an intense cult following, but I’m also undoubtedly finishing the series though so it must have something going for it. If you can stomach all the senseless violence that doesn’t quite logically work with the story, the plot is pretty captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

hadeshotline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Rape, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Incest, Grief, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Biphobia and Acephobia/Arophobia

fa1ryts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Stalking, Sexual assault, Cursing, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

theincrediblesulk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

5.0

This is the darkest book in the trilogy and definitely not for the faint hearted. Please go through the trigger warnings before you attempt some pretty brutal themes. But if you can stomach them, you shall be rewarded by beautiful damaged characters doing their best to survive, going to therapy (eventually) and making something of themselves. The Foxes are the best found family and Wymack and Abby are the true MVP's of this story

I couldn't put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

bigpenis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

diana314's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

THIS BOOK 😳😳🤯🤯🤯
I… I can’t wait to start the next one, that’s for sure. 
Look up the trigger warnings before hand, this book goes a bit (a lot) harder than the first one, so Dx
I don’t really know what to say, the story is insane, the characters go through a lot more this book than the first one. And we get to meet them a bit more. Insights on the lives of all characters, specially Kevin and Andrew’s, get the reader through the plot and make the twists make sense and be predicted just in time with Neil 🥺
Neil, poor Neil, boy needs a hug :((((

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

bisquii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

Most of the characters are terrible people, but lovable in their own way. 

PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, and Confinement

I just put all the content warnings in the ‘Graphic’ section because this series basically has all of them in your face at one point or another. WARNING! This book shows a graphic sexual assault scene! Book 1 mostly implies it happening in a character’s past but in this book there is an actual scene! Please be careful!!