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A review by const_elle_ations
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-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
Rating: 5 stars
screams
okay. okay. i'm okay. that's a lie i'm not at all okay
I- this review will be a half-coherent ramble so
The plot:
I actually feel like the plot wasn't as strong in this book as it has been in other ones but i mean i'm here for the characters anyway so (although I felt like the climax of the book was...anticlimactic)
The characters:
I love them all so much??? The gangsey is so cool - though I wish there would've been more Noah :(. Anyway Henry was a great character (why is everything he says so very...teenagery? i could see myself or my friends saying his dialogue). The whole Laumonier thing was...weird?? I feel like there would be long stretches of him not being there and then he just pops up and shoots someone and I'm like....oh yeah he (they?) exists??
The ships:
Obviously Bluesey is just...*chefs kiss* and PYNCH what what what I love them and I love how they like...adopted a little orphan goat girl? yes please
I just love how Stiefvater writes (YES I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE) like whenever I get stuck writing something I'm like...what would Maggie Stiefvater write??
Also she got increasingly creative with her POVS...like the first book had the gangsey...and this last one had a forest's pov...a demon cockroach...a wacko six hundred year old illegitimate princess...beautiful
and now just a list of...thoughts:
- when ronan was proud of blue after she was suspended
- whenever ronan called gansey "dad"
- that one time adam looked gansey in the eye and mouthed "yeehaw" and they both smirked
- noah :(((
- when henry put out the trash in only a madonna shirt and got kidnapped (#relatableteenthings)
- the...toga...party
- "i guess the king will always come first, won't he?"
- PYYNCHH
- Matthew's going away party at the Barns
- matthew was so cute
- that time ronan called blue "bro" and she called him "man" (brotp)
- THE GANSEYS LIKE BLUE AND HENRY
- the ending *wipes tear*
- now i need to read call down the hawk to see what happens w ronan lol
screams
okay. okay. i'm okay. that's a lie i'm not at all okay
I- this review will be a half-coherent ramble so
The plot:
I actually feel like the plot wasn't as strong in this book as it has been in other ones but i mean i'm here for the characters anyway so (although I felt like the climax of the book was...anticlimactic)
The characters:
I love them all so much??? The gangsey is so cool - though I wish there would've been more Noah :(. Anyway Henry was a great character (why is everything he says so very...teenagery? i could see myself or my friends saying his dialogue). The whole Laumonier thing was...weird?? I feel like there would be long stretches of him not being there and then he just pops up and shoots someone and I'm like....oh yeah he (they?) exists??
The ships:
Obviously Bluesey is just...*chefs kiss* and PYNCH what what what I love them and I love how they like...adopted a little orphan goat girl? yes please
I just love how Stiefvater writes (YES I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE) like whenever I get stuck writing something I'm like...what would Maggie Stiefvater write??
Also she got increasingly creative with her POVS...like the first book had the gangsey...and this last one had a forest's pov...a demon cockroach...a wacko six hundred year old illegitimate princess...beautiful
and now just a list of...thoughts:
- when ronan was proud of blue after she was suspended
- whenever ronan called gansey "dad"
- that one time adam looked gansey in the eye and mouthed "yeehaw" and they both smirked
- noah :(((
- when henry put out the trash in only a madonna shirt and got kidnapped (#relatableteenthings)
- the...toga...party
- "i guess the king will always come first, won't he?"
- PYYNCHH
- Matthew's going away party at the Barns
- matthew was so cute
- that time ronan called blue "bro" and she called him "man" (brotp)
- THE GANSEYS LIKE BLUE AND HENRY
- the ending *wipes tear*
- now i need to read call down the hawk to see what happens w ronan lol
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, and Death of parent