Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

10 reviews

lizziaha's review

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

These characters, with all their spikes and petals and stardust and war crimes and dreams and quirks and defaults and angst have my whole heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Violence, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

A meandering and messy ending that can't quite decide who to focus on which leads to Ronan getting sidelined in his own series. The book takes forever to get to an anticlimactic finale and an epilogue that's fanservice-y in uninteresting ways. By the ending, the characters and world were stale, missing the variety of magic and strong bonds between the entire cast from The Raven Cycle. Without the found family or multiple forms of mysterious magic, this series rings hollow after one book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

cassellwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

multiplyoctopi's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Gun violence, and Grief

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Gore, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Murder

smithreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

bookswithian's review

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Murder

caseythereader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

gracefully_jk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: Murder and Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

For injury detail, the worst is a brief mention of mutilation (eyes, ears, hands removed). Not overly specific/descriptive.