Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

31 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, and Gore

literarycavy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Murder

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Physical abuse

abbypeekreads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

After feeling like The Dream Thieves took a bit of a detour from the overarching plotline of the series as a whole, I was so glad to feel like we were getting 'back to the basics' with this book. What I enjoyed about The Raven Boys--the search for Glendower and the dynamics of the group as a whole--took center stage again, and the bar was seemingly raised even higher with this story. The stakes were raised, the tension was palpable, the relationships were more complex, and the character development was on point. Plus, I appreciated how the important plot points of the second book was worked in, which made me understand its importance to the overall plot even more. In short, this book is my favorite in the Raven Cycle series so far, and I can't wait to get my hands on the final book soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

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

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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 to

frame somebody for these crimes, but they did not commit them.

); the toxic relationship seems mutual and fulfilling to some end for both parties. There is no physical violence between them; The references to domestic abuse are short and happen in the scene where

Adam’s father comes to intimidate Adam into withdrawing his charges against him.

No domestic abuse actually happens.

wallflovver'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! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Confinement, Child death, and Sexual assault

andreadelo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Classism

parisreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

imds's review against another edition

• 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Abandonment, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

lujisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape