Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Greywaren, by Maggie Stiefvater

12 reviews

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

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Not going to lie, I don't really remember what happened in the second book in this trilogy. But that's okay! It came back to me for the most part while I was listening to the audiobook. This book does get mind-bendy in the way that Maggie Stiefvater books can, which isn't a bad thing! It does kind of make me want to return to the Raven Cycle, though.

Anyway, I wanted more Ronan in this. While getting to see more of Declan was great, Ronan was one of my favorite characters from The Raven Cycle, and he's not in much of this particular book, until the end. Give me more of Ronan, please!

If you are a fan of the Raven Cycle, you will love the way this brings both of the trilogies together at the end. It's a good send off for characters that so many people love. Overall, once I got rid of the cobwebs, I did enjoy this finale of the Raven Cycle world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

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

queenfury's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide and Death

Minor: Injury/injury detail and Death of parent

ohnocami's review

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

5.0

 
"on the seventh day, the lynch brothers discovered they were friends once more"

the last few pages of this book were not good for me emotionally but here we are. maggie stiefvater you are a fucking genius and sorry for Ever doubting you. i will love these characters until i breathe my very last breath and i will miss them forever but i am so happy they got the ending they all deserved. i am Devastated. 

(also the blue and gansey cameo was what finally broke me after reading that the tears just kept coming)

(i feel very normal about this book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death

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

folkmare's review

adventurous emotional tense

• 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

I don't think Greywaren was as strong as the first two in the trilogy. It doesn't stand on its own very well, and I think there is a way for this to have been a duology. I truly do not care about Carmen/Carmen and Liliana's relationship. HOWEVER. It was ALL worth it for the epilogue, the emotions, the reunion of our boys (thank god). I wish there had been more internal Ronan and Adam character exploration, but overall I am contented.

If you're on the fence bc you're not sure about the ending, I will put EXTREMELY MILD spoilers under the cut.
Do Adam and Ronan reconcile/end up together and happy:

Spoiler

Extremely firmly YES.

When does Gansey show up:

Spoiler

Not until the epilogue, sorry.

Is there major character death:

Spoiler

NO. One character does die but I would say they're a secondary or even tertiary character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent