Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

35 reviews

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, and Child abuse

unicorn3's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

It was a comfortable ending to a magical series. The start was a tad dragging and took me a long time to get really into it, but then the story picked up once again and I was eager to reach the end. These books were mostly written in a hard to grasp way, at least when English isn't your first language, but they were still so very well written that it just made the reading experience a better one. Challenging you to learn more about it. I enjoyed the books, especially this one since it's the perfect conclusion after the last three books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

Minor: Violence

kat_andherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Gun violence and Kidnapping

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

It's been a while since a book made me feel this shocked, excited and happy at the same time but here we are. I already can see myself rereading over and over, what a beautiful conclusion to the raven boys and Blue's story.
Only thing I'm complaining a bit is how anticlimactic some moments + the epilogue felt, kinda makes me wish that if this book had been longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping and Gun violence

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

Oh… that… that was the most beautiful thing ever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Medical content, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

nevermoregothic's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

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

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

At this point in the series, I entirely trusted the author for delivering a perfect ending, and I got it with The Raven King. It's not often that I read a series until the end. Usually I stop after volume 1. But when I first read The Raven Boys, I knew I was onto something special and so I found second-hand copies of volumes 2 to 4 and waited patiently for the right time to read them a few years later. 2023 was that time.
Evenin volume 4 Maggie Stiefvater weaves the now-familiar with the unexpected. I won't spoil you, but there are snippets of horror in there that creeped me out. And yet they were so perfect for the story. I'm really happy with this last volume in this weird, hard-to-grasp series with such endearing and human characters. I'll be revisiting Cabeswater in the future, that's certain.
Rep: gay character, bisexual character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

3.5

This book was very good at the start. Kinda predictable but idc. I did not understand anything that happened at the last quarter of the book. It was very confusing and too fast to understand, a little forced...I think that I really like the ending. Simple, hopeful, free)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, Confinement, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit and Panic attacks/disorders

tania_mybookishsecret's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, and Gun violence