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Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

11 reviews

nekoshka's review

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Violence, War, and Bullying

Moderate: Miscarriage and Vomit

Minor: Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Torture, and Sexism

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, War, Bullying, Murder, Gore, Grief, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death of parent

bookmarklark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Ableism

Minor: Torture

Ableism on the parts of characters in the book, not from the author herself.

silentquercus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Violence, War, Bullying, Medical content, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

mimeflower's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, and Murder

caitlin_bookchats's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I found this to be a fitting ending to Whalen Turner's Thief series. We are introduced to a largely new narrator who is privy to much of the action that takes place so we are held apart from but able to see much more of Eugenidies & Co than in books 3-5. We see the aftermath of much of the planning and threat from the rest of the series, and I found the resolution largely satisfying, if getting there was emotionally fraught.

One thing of note: the narrator here suffers from some form of visible disability that limits his movement and does not allow him to speak aloud. The disability runs in his family but previous members with it have been hidden from society or not allowed to live to adulthood. I don't know if we get enough description of the disability to know what the modern name for it would be and I am unsure if the portrayal is "accurate" but there is a lot of ableism aimed at the character from various figures throughout the book and it's important to know that going in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Vomit

The main difference between this book and previous books in this series re: content is the death and violence associated with a war and the ableism directed towards our narrator. This waxes and wanes over the course of the book but it's relevant to note there are some extremely harsh views directed at him including re: the value of his life. Other content is on par with previous books. After the previous book many people wondered about the nature of the relationship between the main characters of that novel. There is no clarity about those two in this novel, but there are other prominent side characters who are in a confirmed m/m relationship and there is no particular judgment for the relationships being m/m in the text from any characters.

novelyon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

shoutout to my gilf husband the magus. eugenides may be king of the little peninsula but you'll always be king of my heart ❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, and Torture

edie_reads's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Ableism, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage

totallyshelfaware's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage and Torture

octopus_farmer's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it was the happy ending that fit with enough seriousness to make it stick

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Child abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage