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canopicfemme's review against another edition
5.0
adam parrish’s character arc in this book is so very important to me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Child abuse
tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Blood and Grief
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty
zoiejanelle's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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? No
5.0
this has got to be my favorite book of the series so far. all i can say is I LOVE ADAM PARRISH. ADAM PARRISH HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
mirrors, caves, curses, cars, almost-kissing, blackmail, self-acceptance, friendship, old men and their dogs, college admissions, bisexuals, witches, school drama, MAGIC.
what really shocked me was the Greenmantles. every conversation between them had me cackling. i actually looked forward to their POVs.
fuck Maggie Stiefvater for being so good at her job, and for making me love these characters as if they were real. everything about them is palpable and consuming. i just want to live inside this dark and fantastical world forever.
mirrors, caves, curses, cars, almost-kissing, blackmail, self-acceptance, friendship, old men and their dogs, college admissions, bisexuals, witches, school drama, MAGIC.
what really shocked me was the Greenmantles. every conversation between them had me cackling. i actually looked forward to their POVs.
fuck Maggie Stiefvater for being so good at her job, and for making me love these characters as if they were real. everything about them is palpable and consuming. i just want to live inside this dark and fantastical world forever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Medical content, and Death
Minor: Physical abuse, Animal death, and Child abuse
sunsorbit's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
Moderate: Grief, Murder, Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Confinement
Minor: Domestic abuse
Also contains: ghosts, spirits, and necromancy; possession (of a bird and a spirit); allusions to child sexual assault/pedophilia and child murder (these are only vaguely implied and part of a plot towallflovver's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
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
"but what she didn't realise about blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another"
dream thieves lost points for the anger and destruction, blue lily gains them back with its focus on the building relationships between the main cast
adam and ronan's dynamic really begins to change in this volume, blue and gansey falling deeper into one another
even blue and ronan taking time to understand one another, adam repairing his bond with gansey
there is a lot of tension in blue lily, and although the ending felt a little rushed, it left me needing to pick up the final book asap!
dream thieves lost points for the anger and destruction, blue lily gains them back with its focus on the building relationships between the main cast
adam and ronan's dynamic really begins to change in this volume, blue and gansey falling deeper into one another
even blue and ronan taking time to understand one another, adam repairing his bond with gansey
there is a lot of tension in blue lily, and although the ending felt a little rushed, it left me needing to pick up the final book asap!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Gun violence
Minor: Pedophilia, Confinement, Child death, and Sexual assault
piperclover's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
4.5
I have to say I do really appreciate how this book doesn't have one final climatic scene and instead the entire last quarter of the book is basically the final scene. I feel like it is really a job of keeping you tense and on edge for longerthan other books would so the stakes constantly feel high and not rushed, like the author was just trying to get to the end.
The two things I wish is that we could see more of the friendships. I feel like we got some really great scenes particularly of Ronan and Blue and a few of Noah and Blue but other than that I felt a little let down. For me, the plot doesn't matter if I can't connect with the characters and most of that is seeing them be genuine friends so when we don't get a lot of actual friendship, I fall out of it quite quickly. I said this for the last book but I'm gonna say it again here and probably again in the next book: I adore Noah as a character and I am forever angry that he is not in more of the story. I feel like he is a very underused character that gets written off as being a weird ghost because the author decided she didn't want to write him in the plot more than what was convenient
The two things I wish is that we could see more of the friendships. I feel like we got some really great scenes particularly of Ronan and Blue and a few of Noah and Blue but other than that I felt a little let down. For me, the plot doesn't matter if I can't connect with the characters and most of that is seeing them be genuine friends so when we don't get a lot of actual friendship, I fall out of it quite quickly. I said this for the last book but I'm gonna say it again here and probably again in the next book: I adore Noah as a character and I am forever angry that he is not in more of the story. I feel like he is a very underused character that gets written off as being a weird ghost because the author decided she didn't want to write him in the plot more than what was convenient
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Violence
The death of a parent tag is the best way I can tag for the deathizypup's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Classism, and Death
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death of parent
afterlife's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Blood and Violence
Minor: Child abuse
queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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? No
5.0
5 ⭐ CW: violence, gun violence, death, descriptions of blood
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater is the the third book in The Raven Cycle. I have been blowing through these since The Raven Boys Readalong last month! This one kept me on my toes and wanting more the whole time.
We continue with the Gangsey, although we primarily focus on Blue (hence the title) and Adam. We get to learn more about the search for Maura and learn more about what more Blue can do besides just being an amplifier for psychics and ghosts. Blue is actually kind of a badass in this book, chainsaw and all. Blue+Gansey= LONGING.
With Adam we get to see him struggle through figuring out how to deal with his bargain with Cabeswater. He trains with Persephone, in all her ethereal glory. Adam has a lot of good growth in this book, which is good cause he needed it.
I thought Greenmantle was a hilariously bad villain. He's the academic who feels all high and mighty on the other side of a phone making threats and hiring others to do his dirty work until he has to get his hands dirty as well. Although, I did appreciate his sociopath of a wife, Piper.
So much happens in this book, but one of the themes was about how it feels as a teen to realize you can never really truly know someone no matter how close you are. The theme of lonesomeness. Stiefvater's writing is so exquisite and precise and intentional. This series has ruined me and I'm in deep now. Must. Read. The. Next. Book.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater is the the third book in The Raven Cycle. I have been blowing through these since The Raven Boys Readalong last month! This one kept me on my toes and wanting more the whole time.
We continue with the Gangsey, although we primarily focus on Blue (hence the title) and Adam. We get to learn more about the search for Maura and learn more about what more Blue can do besides just being an amplifier for psychics and ghosts. Blue is actually kind of a badass in this book, chainsaw and all. Blue+Gansey= LONGING.
With Adam we get to see him struggle through figuring out how to deal with his bargain with Cabeswater. He trains with Persephone, in all her ethereal glory. Adam has a lot of good growth in this book, which is good cause he needed it.
I thought Greenmantle was a hilariously bad villain. He's the academic who feels all high and mighty on the other side of a phone making threats and hiring others to do his dirty work until he has to get his hands dirty as well. Although, I did appreciate his sociopath of a wife, Piper.
So much happens in this book, but one of the themes was about how it feels as a teen to realize you can never really truly know someone no matter how close you are. The theme of lonesomeness. Stiefvater's writing is so exquisite and precise and intentional. This series has ruined me and I'm in deep now. Must. Read. The. Next. Book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Violence and Blood
a_ira's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Blood