Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

65 reviews

culturenator'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

If you know me, you know I'm super fussy with audiobook narrators and if it doesn't sit right with me, I can't get on with in.
Well not a problem with this series, I *really* enjoyed this and I think a lot of that is to do with Will Patton as the narrator who just oozes southern charm. He manages to make all the characters sound separate and without the women sounding like cheesy parodies (ok so I still think his voice for Persephone makes her sound like Family Guy's Consuela, but then at some point it is mentioned that she can appear both old and young at the same time, so maybe quite appropriate somehow?).
We saw quite a bit of growth in several of the boys and some interesting new characters, however this book is essentially Ronan's story, how he turned out like he did. 
Without adding spoilers the finale involving Ronan's mum was just the icing on the cake. 
Can we also mention the fact that the author makes some amazing music that is so perfect for the mood and is included at the end of the audio book? Just *chef's kiss*

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Cursing

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

valenhv8's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Murder, Gun violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Grief

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Homophobia and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

booksandstardust's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Torture, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Religious bigotry and Homophobia

atomicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Classism, Child abuse, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Cursing

eeriewater's review

emotional mysterious reflective

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

marjoleinvanderspoel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The amount this story improved just by adding Ronan's POV is actually outrageous. And of course by adding Kavinsky as a character! (

will be interesting to see how the story holds up without him in the next book...

) I did also like the development of Blue/Adam/Gansey more as I felt it learnt some nuance what with Adam's anger/daddy issues, although I still don't think it's very interesting  (a pre-destined love story is always kinda boring tbh, I mean you know what's going to happen!!) And the bad (?) guy - Mr. Gray - felt a lot more fleshed out and interesting than the one from the previous book, so that was nice. The audio book narration was also great, really excellent voice acting and never let's you forget we're in southern america lol). Hope to see more of a deep dive into adam's character growth in the next book though as I felt his arc was a bit glossed over in this one. Overall a very fun read and I'm glad I stuck with the series after hating the first installment so much lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Homophobia, Gun violence, Classism, Grief, and Child abuse