Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hoții din vis by Maggie Stiefvater

58 reviews

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

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

packedjam's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.25

ronan lynch you will always be famous

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide attempt

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Homophobia, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt

hbocking's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide attempt

scribblesandsuch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

Am rereading this along with a friend reading the series for the first time, still enjoy it just as much. It's such a different series to the other books you find in the genre, and the relationships between the characters are so developed and fulfilling

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Addiction, Murder, and Violence

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.

zoejjj's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

This felt like a filler book, but at the same time I was obsessed with the kavinsky/lynch dynamic and how unhinged the ending of this book was. Spoiler, dragons show up for some reason??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Drug use

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t realize just how much I had forgotten about this story - I’m pretty sure I read it when I was young.

 It’s still an exciting and  thrilling story, with a hitman, dream thieves, and also a normal teenage girl with a fantastic family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident