Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

73 reviews

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

elliebasta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

jules6469's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

menagerie_of's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

elzibub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

Minor: Mental illness and Misogyny

e_lace's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.0

I will always have a special place in my heart for the Raven Boys. There's just something about the like Ethel Cain-core Hana Yori Dango character study that's both incredibly nostalgic and  really fun to read. I think if you like fast cars, urban exploring in abandoned schoolhouse buildings, and rich people that seem to be so against their will, you will like this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism

A large part of this book that I maybe don't love is that, in typical fashion of like a 2000s/2010s ensemble YA novel, one of the character's defining traits is that he's poor and we know this because

no one will stop bringing it up despite the fact that it's also pointed out that Blue technically isn't rich either and he lives in a trailer park with abusive or otherwise absent parents

There is a more graphic abuse seen towards the end of the book

where Adam's father smacks him so hard that he cracks his head on a railing and partially loses his hearing

. It's just a little bit of violence but I think that could be upsetting for some.

mariskyjy's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicide attempt

drasticpear's review

adventurous mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them.

This was fun! I loved all the characters. Very excited to see how everything unfolds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt and Classism

corporatelobotomy's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Classism