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evelynyle_88's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape
cowardlyteaman's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So, I really like this book. I will say that in the first half of the book it just felt like things were happening for no reason at all. I can't even remember much of it, just a day after having read it.
However, it got much MUCH better throughout the second half.
I still really like Ronan, and Adam is starting to grow on me. Gansey maybe even more, but he's being pulled down by Blue. Honestly. Remove her. I cannot stand her at all. The story genuinely would've been so much better without Blue and her whole family WITHâ the exception of Maura*. She's a great character, and her dynamic with the Gray Man works really well. Alas, I cannot stand Calla, Persephone, or Orla, and as honourable mentions: Neeve. Why not just spell it Niamh when that is her name? Silly Americans.
* You know how so many female characters are exclusively love interests for male characters? Well, Blue is Maura's daughter character. Like, she's just there to make Maura a MILF. Blue is excessive; Maura is life.
The whole 300 Fox Way family feels so... đ€ quasi-weird. Like the author's writing a family made up of signature quirky girlsâą.
Now, Greenmantle and Piper?! They're the O.G.s. My favourite couple by far here. I love to see read about they're weird interactions. They never let you know what comes next, and they're just so authentically peculiar.
Like, I imagine 300 Fox Way being weird in a cat way. Like cringe. Come on, cats are not that weird, just shut up already.
Meanwhile, Greenmantle and Piper are weird in a stick insect way. So peculiar and odd, but it's just the way they live life. There are no Tumblr people going «LMAO XD STICK BUGS ARE SO WEIRD» No. They are authentic. The real shit.
The plot is good, though. :)
Very nice, very intriguing, and I LOVE the details like Chainsaw, a made-up mum?? (Niall Lynch literally got the woman of his dreams).
This is what really makes up the book, so this alone I'd say would've made the five-star, but the 300 Fox Way people pull it down. Should've just been Gansey, Ronan, and Adam, because to be honest, hadn't it been for his shared plot-line with Gansey, Noah could've been dropped as well.
Anyways, I do recommend the series. It's definitely worth it, AND it is worth mentioning that I seem to be the only person with this opinion on 300 Fox Way. That and that I think I'm going down a rabbit hole of shitty things to say about them. Giving Maura a bad reputation, really.
However, it got much MUCH better throughout the second half.
I still really like Ronan, and Adam is starting to grow on me. Gansey maybe even more, but he's being pulled down by Blue. Honestly. Remove her. I cannot stand her at all. The story genuinely would've been so much better without Blue and her whole family WITHâ the exception of Maura*. She's a great character, and her dynamic with the Gray Man works really well. Alas, I cannot stand Calla, Persephone, or Orla, and as honourable mentions: Neeve. Why not just spell it Niamh when that is her name? Silly Americans.
* You know how so many female characters are exclusively love interests for male characters? Well, Blue is Maura's daughter character. Like, she's just there to make Maura a MILF. Blue is excessive; Maura is life.
The whole 300 Fox Way family feels so... đ€ quasi-weird. Like the author's writing a family made up of signature quirky girlsâą.
Now, Greenmantle and Piper?! They're the O.G.s. My favourite couple by far here. I love to see read about they're weird interactions. They never let you know what comes next, and they're just so authentically peculiar.
Like, I imagine 300 Fox Way being weird in a cat way. Like cringe. Come on, cats are not that weird, just shut up already.
Meanwhile, Greenmantle and Piper are weird in a stick insect way. So peculiar and odd, but it's just the way they live life. There are no Tumblr people going «LMAO XD STICK BUGS ARE SO WEIRD» No. They are authentic. The real shit.
The plot is good, though. :)
Very nice, very intriguing, and I LOVE the details like Chainsaw, a made-up mum?? (Niall Lynch literally got the woman of his dreams).
This is what really makes up the book, so this alone I'd say would've made the five-star, but the 300 Fox Way people pull it down. Should've just been Gansey, Ronan, and Adam, because to be honest, hadn't it been for his shared plot-line with Gansey, Noah could've been dropped as well.
Anyways, I do recommend the series. It's definitely worth it, AND it is worth mentioning that I seem to be the only person with this opinion on 300 Fox Way. That and that I think I'm going down a rabbit hole of shitty things to say about them. Giving Maura a bad reputation, really.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse
endlessconfused's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Classism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Child death
tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Blood and Grief
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty
sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death
Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, and Gore
bi_n_large's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gore, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Physical abuse
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.Â
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Cursing
Moderate: Death of parent
piperclover's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.5
I have to say I do really appreciate how this book doesn't have one final climatic scene and instead the entire last quarter of the book is basically the final scene. I feel like it is really a job of keeping you tense and on edge for longerthan other books would so the stakes constantly feel high and not rushed, like the author was just trying to get to the end.Â
 The two things I wish is that we could see more of the friendships. I feel like we got some really great scenes particularly of Ronan and Blue and a few of Noah and Blue but other than that I felt a little let down. For me, the plot doesn't matter if I can't connect with the characters and most of that is seeing them be genuine friends so when we don't get a lot of actual friendship, I fall out of it quite quickly. I said this for the last book but I'm gonna say it again here and probably again in the next book: I adore Noah as a character and I am forever angry that he is not in more of the story. I feel like he is a very underused character that gets written off as being a weird ghost because the author decided she didn't want to write him in the plot more than what was convenientÂ
 The two things I wish is that we could see more of the friendships. I feel like we got some really great scenes particularly of Ronan and Blue and a few of Noah and Blue but other than that I felt a little let down. For me, the plot doesn't matter if I can't connect with the characters and most of that is seeing them be genuine friends so when we don't get a lot of actual friendship, I fall out of it quite quickly. I said this for the last book but I'm gonna say it again here and probably again in the next book: I adore Noah as a character and I am forever angry that he is not in more of the story. I feel like he is a very underused character that gets written off as being a weird ghost because the author decided she didn't want to write him in the plot more than what was convenientÂ
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Violence
The death of a parent tag is the best way I can tag for the deathcat_universe's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Abandonment
nabecker13's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Abandonment, and Murder
Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse