Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

7 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a reread and wow I love this book it was so good. Super excited to read the next two right afterwards. Just absolutely love the writing and complexity of the characters, as well as Will Patton as the narrator in the audiobook is just fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gore

triley's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Violence, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Gun violence

nabecker13's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Abandonment, Death of parent, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Murder, and Grief

jenarae'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Physical abuse

seanamcphie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Chronic illness, Grief, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Vomit, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Classism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Self harm

meg_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

I love these characters so deeply it is painful. And I definitely loved this book, primarily because of the characters. The way that Maggie Stiefvater fleshes out each character in such a detailed way and weaves together each of their individual stories together is my favorite thing about the books she writes, and in particular, any book within this raven cycle realm. I loved getting to know Declan more throughout this book, and absolutely grew to love Jordan very quickly as well. The only reason this one isn't getting five stars from me is that the plot didn't really pull me in this time. I was already very invested in these characters (mainly Ronan and Adam) and kept reading to see more of them, and then slowly became more invested as more of the individual characters were developed. The plot itself was very much so a background element of the book for me. Aside from that, I am an absolute sucker for Maggie Stiefvater's writing and almost every romantic element she writes has my heart squeezing in my chest it is so good. I will forever be obsessed with Ronan and Adam and every scene with them together was literal perfection. Very much so looking forward to book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Grief