Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

19 reviews

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Violence, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Vomit

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

WHAT THE HELL IS IT WITH THIS SERIES??? probably my favorite installment so far, the humor in these books and every dynamic is just so so so good, can’t get enough of it. 

definitely more plot-focused than the previous novels and that worked just great, i loved everything that happened in here. the mysterious magical elements and the characters are always SO amazing and it’s only getting better. i’m not ready for the next book to be the last one tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual harassment

zoiejanelle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

this has got to be my favorite book of the series so far. all i can say is I LOVE ADAM PARRISH. ADAM PARRISH HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG. 

mirrors, caves, curses, cars, almost-kissing, blackmail, self-acceptance, friendship, old men and their dogs, college admissions, bisexuals, witches, school drama, MAGIC. 

what really shocked me was the Greenmantles. every conversation between them had me cackling. i actually looked forward to their POVs. 

fuck Maggie Stiefvater for being so good at her job, and for making me love these characters as if they were real. everything about them is palpable and consuming. i just want to live inside this dark and fantastical world forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Animal death, and Child abuse

thesunreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse

Also contains: ghosts, spirits, and necromancy; possession (of a bird and a spirit); allusions to child sexual assault/pedophilia and child murder (these are only vaguely implied and part of a plot to

Spoiler

frame somebody for these crimes, but they did not commit them.

); the toxic relationship seems mutual and fulfilling to some end for both parties. There is no physical violence between them; The references to domestic abuse are short and happen in the scene where

Spoiler

Adam’s father comes to intimidate Adam into withdrawing his charges against him.

No domestic abuse actually happens.

happilyeveralli's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Stiefvater has gotten her groove back (at least in my eyes)! I love the amount of Blue-Gansey content. I also felt that the plot was more concise, and everything was tied together. I am heading into the final installment happy to be continuing and sad to be near the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent

andreadelo's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Classism

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gun violence

llewellareads's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Cursing, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, and Gore

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

lujisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Cursing, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Rape

fanboyriot's review

adventurous 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? No

5.0

This series is so captivating and interesting and stunning to read.  Seeing all the character development was amazing, it’s a very nice balance between characters and plot.  The humor was amazing and the overall writing is so lovely to read.  I really liked seeing Ronan and Blue have more of a friendship (though I don’t think either of them would admit it) seeing them be stubborn or them saying something the other’s wouldn’t dare say—very fun to read.  It was also nice to see Adam working on letting people help him without him thinking it was because of where—or how—he grew up.  He started to see that his friends just wanted to be there for him and it was just written so nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Rape, Child abuse, Classism, and Mental illness