Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

36 reviews

ifoundcallie's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Classism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Ritual sacrifice, they dig up a grave to move someone’s bones, someone is trampled to death

noa_llea's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Animal death

imbored_soillread's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Child death, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

princessmoonsy's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

super good book. so easy to just sit there and binge it. definitely will be reading the second book right after this.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Cursing, and Blood

zoiejanelle's review

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? No

5.0

i CANNOT believe i did not read this series sooner. holy moly. 

Stiefvater’s writing is so immersive, so poignant, so visceral. reading this reminded me why i loved the Shiver series so much, and compels me to read more of her work. 

not only is the writing style utterly gorgeous, but the pacing and intricate plots are just divine. i won’t say everything i’ve read so far has made total sense, but the way the sub-plots and characters arcs are interwoven kept me on my toes and invested the entire time. 

i had no idea Blue was the main character and i couldn’t be more pleased. she’s raw, and hilarious, and relatable, and i enjoy her POV the most. she is definitely the key to this whole mystery of Glendower and i am so excited to see the extent of her gift(s) in the rest of the series. 

i’m in love with Adam, with Ronan, and I WASN’T AT FIRST BUT NOW I AM IN LOVE WITH GANSEY. and of course, i adore Noah. i loved getting to know each of them and watching their individual stories unfold little by little throughout, seeing their motivations become clear and watching them start to grow, and i cannot wait to see where this marvelous, treacherous, magical treasure(ish) hunt takes them next. 

and here’s the deal. i despise love triangles. (there isn’t really one here [yet] but there is some complex teenage crushing happening) but oh my lord i am so invested and in love with Blue’s big Love Dilemma and i’m a total sucker for characters doing their damndest to fight destiny. 

i have tooooooo many things to say about this book, but all involve spoilers so i’ll just leave this here. 

incredible read, i am immediately moving on to the next book now!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Medical content, and Grief

nebraskanwriter's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Violence

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.25

Did Lana Del Rey design the cover

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

jennylarue's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

If I had to teach a writing class on how to write the perfect character, I would just give them this book. Spectacular and Will Patton’s narration of the audiobook was the best medium to digest this story :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

wallflovver's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

i absolutely love this series and im so happy to finally sit down for a reread! the first time i read the raven cycle was 2016 which is mad, it doesn't seem all that long..

though it has been long enough that while i think of these books often, ive forgotten a lot of the finer details. it truly feels like seeing a bunch of old friends and going on an adventure 

its pretty slow to start, but that's due to heavy lore and world building which i find fascinating anyways.. but come the second half of the book i hated putting it down

i genuinely love the characters, and find it so intriguing that not a single character is without flaws.. its so delicious to me

i literally cannot wait to reread the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Self harm, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

_lovedelirium's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Feb 13, 2023~

Thought maybe 26y/o me would be able to read this with critical thinking but NOOO 2015 me reared her head and plunged me back into chronic loving pynch disease.

Would commit an atrocity of crimes for Ronan Lynch still btw. That's my forever baby.

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Decidí leer The Raven Boys porque sigo a varia gente en Twitter que no dejaban de hablar de este libro, Gansey por aquí, Gansey por allá, que si muere, que no muere (no muere, no muere, no muere, pfff es Gansey, NO muere), que Ronan y que Adam y Blue y es cosa de todos los días y sentía que ya conocía el libro y ni siquiera lo había leído. Así que decidí empezarlo porque ya estaba harta de reírme de los tweets que ponían sobre los personajes SIN YO SABER QUIENES ERAN. 

Ahora lo entiendo. Bueno no, no entendí la mitad de lo que pasó, en realidad. Es un tipo de lectura nueva para mi, nunca había leído nada parecido y la autora empieza la historia asumiendo que no es así, que uno sabe de todo acerca de psíquicos y rituales y ese tipo de fantasía, y no es asíiii. Pero pregúntenme si me importó. 

No, no me importó. El encanto de este libro está en lo peculiar que son los personajes y la amistad que los une. La personalidad de cada uno es lo que llena cada página.
Probablemente voy a encerrarme en mi cuarto lo que resta de la semana y leer los otros dos libros de la serie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence and Blood