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O Rei Corvo: A Saga dos Corvos by Maggie Stiefvater

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lctavella's review against another edition

5.0

This has got to be the best one of the series. I loved every second I spent reading this beautifully written masterpiece. I fell in love with each character just like they fell in love with each other (slowly then all at once).

I was hypnotized by Maggie’s writing and the gorgeous magical world that she created. I can’t wait to read the spin off series. I’m going to have to reread the entire Raven Boys series because I don’t think I fully absorbed all the hidden jewels within the text and storyline the first time around.

Bravo Maggie, what an end to an incredible series. I love you Raven Boys (and Blue) 🖤

sjach's review against another edition

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5.0

Depending on where you began the story...
High praises. A goodbye without a conclusion. Many questions left unanswered in a comfortable, satisfying, mystifying way. Henrietta quietly buries its secrets.
This will always hold a special place in my heart.

rhyleeshuf's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

nele_vds's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

camr0se's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

colleenmarie_'s review against another edition

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3.0

This book took me much longer to read than the rest. Certainly, the last 100-150 pages felt like we were on a road trip to somewhere very exciting, but we were getting stopped at every red light. The company was good and the music was good, so the ride was not terrible, but the anticipation had been built before we even got in the car and the drive was just kinda bothersome. The pace of the ending was entirely too slow for me, until all of a sudden it was entirely too fast. I wasn't entirely sure of the ending and needed to reread it and pause to make sure I had some understanding of what was happening. (And to be honest, I'm not sure I even have that. These books are for dreamers like Ronan, which I am not.)
The thing Stiefvater did wonderfully was her descriptions of romance. I know this is a long way from being a romance novel, but her words had my heart melting.

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Seeing Adam through Ronan's eyes and vice versa, Blue and Gansey's secret hand-holding and nuzzling close, all of it, just was written so carefully. Each word she used filled me with emotion and made me understand exactly what kind of love and affection these characters shared.

I was both pleased and annoyed with how everything tied together. While I enjoyed The Dream Thieves, I bored a bit of Ronan's story and wanted to get back to the quest of finding Glendower. I didn't care for Neeve's comings and goings. Gwenllian and Artemus felt like extraneous characters and I wanted so badly to skip their chapters. Even Henry seemed like excess to me, a distraction from what really mattered: Gansey, Adam, Ronan, and Blue on their great and terrible quest for Glendower. So while it was satisfactory to see everything come together, it still felt like there was too much. Too much icing on the cake or what have you.

This series is not the type I typically go for. It was fun, I would recommend it to people who enjoy more fantasy than I, but I cannot say that it in any way swayed me to pick up more by Stiefvater or more mystical, magical books.

And a side-note: I'm still confused by this triangle symbol. I get that it's a map of ley lines, but you cannot honestly expect me to believe that a line from Boston to the South, one from New York through Washington DC, and one from Virginia west towards Kentucky can cross in such a neat, triangular manner. That just doesn't work. (See? I'm an analytical person, the farthest you can be from the type of dreamer that would fall in love with these books)