fictionalflair 's review for:

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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I enjoyed this read but, it was hard to read at times and keep the pace. POV changes are sudden and confusing. I would put this story in the category of YA. 

Overall, once the story got going, I needed to know what happened. That is what got me to the end. It was slow reading before the 60% point. 

Sol is great. Needed more Sol. Sol is magnificent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Classism