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A review by soramun
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
4.0
I was a bit indecisive about how I would rate this story because it's been a rough couple of years when it comes to reading for me. I felt it wasn't fair to rate it too low since I was in a bad place while reading it and it took a long time to finish. But, even with all that been going on, I still found this story very enjoyable. It felt a lot different from the other stories I've read from Stiefvater. It was a lot more similar to The Raven Boys, obviously, since the main character (Ronan) is from those stories, but it's not like her other book (which I adored), All the Crooked Saints.
This book had so much surrealism, and I sometimes felt like with everything going on in it, it would be such a great television series if done right. The main characters, Ronan, Declan, Hennessy and Jordan, and Farooq-Lane are all interesting characters. Stiefvater loves stories with a lot of characters and moving parts, but unfortunately, this story just didn't flow together well for me. I loved the aspect of dreams, and it was fun to see some of the characters deal with manifesting things from their dreams. But, so many things were happening that could have been removed. Though I liked Farooq-Lane, I don't think her storyline was necessary. At least not for this first story. Her partner's character seemed a lot more interesting, and I think it would have been cool to see his view of the world.
Overall, I think this first book was just, okay. It set up the rest of the series fine, but there was a lot of confusing storylines that took away from the amazing creativity involved. I had fun learning more about Ronan and his family life for sure. I look forward to reading the second story.
This book had so much surrealism, and I sometimes felt like with everything going on in it, it would be such a great television series if done right. The main characters, Ronan, Declan, Hennessy and Jordan, and Farooq-Lane are all interesting characters. Stiefvater loves stories with a lot of characters and moving parts, but unfortunately, this story just didn't flow together well for me. I loved the aspect of dreams, and it was fun to see some of the characters deal with manifesting things from their dreams. But, so many things were happening that could have been removed. Though I liked Farooq-Lane, I don't think her storyline was necessary. At least not for this first story. Her partner's character seemed a lot more interesting, and I think it would have been cool to see his view of the world.
Overall, I think this first book was just, okay. It set up the rest of the series fine, but there was a lot of confusing storylines that took away from the amazing creativity involved. I had fun learning more about Ronan and his family life for sure. I look forward to reading the second story.