Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

28 reviews

readwithsarah's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

I must say, I expected a little more from the ending but overall I really enjoyed the series! I do feel like there were some questions left unanswered and some things I would have liked to see play out, but I still thought it was good. Recommend if you like something dark, mysterious, and magical!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Homophobia, Body horror, Death, and Racism

booksandstardust's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Body horror, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

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

anni_swanilda's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, and Gore

Minor: Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Cannibalism

melurmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This is by far one of my favorite books and I feel that I can safely say this is the best written book of the raven cycle. I have my own personal feelings about Maggie but she did a wonderful job challenging the characters and the reader in the final installment of this wondrous series. While, as with all the books, the magic is impressive but my favorite part has always been how well these characters capture the difficulty of growing up, navigating family and friends, and growing out of former images. I strongly, strongly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, and Car accident

grimmdark's review

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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

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