Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

9 reviews

houseoflies's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Homophobia, Car accident, and Drug use

adamparrishlover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Toxic friendship

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Homophobia, Outing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

A homophobic slur is used on page, fair warning.

zoiejanelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I LOVE RONAN LYNCH. 

i don’t even want to write a review i just want to keep reading this series.

some almost-spoiler-free take ways:
- homophobia was the villain all along
- I ALSO LOVE ADAM PARRISH
- who the hell is the gray man 
- i did not know what was going on for 60% of this book and yet i was thrilled
- did i mention Ronan Lynch is babygirl? 
- Blue is too horny to live, too sensible to die
- Gansey… honey, we’ll get back to your storyline at a later date honey 
- don’t do drugs, kids! 
- friendship is magic 
- sometimes being Catholic is okay
- Gansey’s lapdog/Gansey’s dog 
- THE MAGICIAN 
- don’t google things before reading, spoiling this series is not fun at all 
- Family Guy stole a line outta this book
- i ❤️ the snake boy 
- Noah baby… baby boy… i’m so sorry 

alright, bye. i’m going to read book three RIGHT now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Grief

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a pretty solid follow up to the Raven Boys. I think it does a lot to move our characters forward on their own personal journeys, and it builds upon the established world in some very interesting ways while maintaining the atmosphere and beautiful writing that initially drew me into the first book. Where it runs into a problem is that so much of what makes these books great is in the character interactions and the various relationships (romantic, platonic, and familial), and all of the characters spend the majority of this book distanced from each other, both physically and emotionally. They grow, and that growth will help make the next books better, but it means this book is a bit unsatisfying and very much frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Body horror, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Torture

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

I am obsessed with how the author writes. Love the concept and execution. Incredible subtle references to Ronan's secret(s). I adore how the author subtly foreshadows things and yet also surprises me constantly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

myarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Drug use

danaleelin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

gothicmoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Same writing quality and better characterisation for Ronan, Noah (in the beginning), and further explorations of Gansey, Blue, and Adam. However, between Kavinsky's constant (and purposeful) misogynistic comments and Blue's own misogynistic thoughts at Orla... it takes away from the book. Also, the plot doesn't quite hold up, either. <spoiler)I don't understand how Ronan could've been meant to dream something to solve a problem he didn't know he had? The puzzle box ends up being more of a mcguffin than anything else. Also Ronans entire problem is simply because his dad is an ass and never thought him how to dream.

Another downfall is that I simply do not enjoy Gray Man pov.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty and Torture