Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ravensong by TJ Klune

20 reviews

pawntksqueen's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Torture

ruthiedr89'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Torture, and Kidnapping

dennisbnlc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

I LOVE THEM A LOT I CAN'T HANDLE ANYTHING 😭😭😭 

Gordo is just 🥺🥺 grumpiest bean he deserves so many hugs. I miss Ox's pov and I always will but this next step in the story was a really brilliant journey. The omega stuff is such a fascinating twist and OF COURSE OX IS THE ALPHA TO THE OMEGAS HIS HEART IS THE BIGGEST AND BEST😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

T.J is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors - the stories he weaves…there’s just something special that I can’t articulate with what I think is proper praise. They’re just beautiful. And Ravensong is no different. 

I found Ravensong followed closer to a plot-based narrative, but still retained the poetic elements of what made Wolfsong unique. Because it is definitely a unique narrative style that I don’t know is for everyone. The use of repetition, jumping between past & present, dialogue among pack bonds, and alternative sentence structure all contribute to such an impactful story of belonging, family, love, heartbreak, and always <i>packpackpack</i>

Ravensong opens the door to Gordo’s backstory. We know there’s some traumatic history based on his actions in Wolfsong, and we get the full, horribly heartbreaking scope of things surrounding his relationship with Mark, and the pack as a whole. I loved the focus on an older couple and we get some great scenes of comic relief from the “Team Human” shop guys. 

In short - absolutely fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lizacorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

maruu_t's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Una patada en la teta duele menos que leer este libro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kharlan3's review against another edition

(m/m, werewolves, romance). Kirt Graves' narration makes this book. Gordo feels so lived in. (spoilers to follow in thread)

Things I like about Ravensong:

a kinda flawed mom (it seems like otherwise, every mom in the series is perfect and every father either SUPER sucks or significantly sucks). I also really like meeting Rico, Tanner, & Chris as children. The characterization of the hunters is compelling, and the set up of Caswell folks working with them does a really good job slowly building the creeping dread.

Overall, it's a great setup for the next books.

Things I like less: the word "lowly" as in "growled lowly". IDK why I hate it.

Robert Livingstone doesn't seem to have a single redeeming quality. Parts of the sex scene really don't work for me. And I'm not 100% convinced about the WHY of Mark and Gordo. Also- where in the Ravensong narrative does the moment that Ox recounts in Wolfsong happen where he sees Gordo and Mark go to the movies?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, and War

ticktock's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief