Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

44 reviews

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.

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Gun violence

lillygabriella's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This was so good! I definitely did not see some of the stuff coming. Learned more about Ronan, which was interesting. A good bit of character growth. I think Noah is my fave of the boys. Looking forward to book 3.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, and Gun violence

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

oh this book was WILD. i truly enjoy every magical thing in this book and damn me i like these characters A LOT. Ronan’s narration was great, i’m so glad this book focused a lot on him!!

main reason why i enjoyed this slightly less than book one is probably because it was set in the summer (i personally am not a fan of summer) therefore it lacked that “private school vibe” which i loooved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Violence, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

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

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Fair warning: I have no idea how to write this review for the second volume of the Raven Cycle. Maggie Steifvater apparently has this knack of writing engrossing YA which is super readable but entirely impossible to summarize. It's not a question of complexity. I'd say it's more a matter of blurring the lines and switching genres from chapter to chapter so that there's a lot to enjoy. The first tome focused a lot on Adam, whereas this more is more about Ronan. All of the Raven Boys and Blue get their own character arc, but one is more in the limelight and this time it's Ronan, whom we discover has an ability no one had suspected but it's certainly making things more complex and thrilling. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and I'm glad I've got the last two waiting for me in my TBR! 
Rep: gay MC. It was a hint in volume 1, now it's confirmed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, and Murder

marauderchio_132's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, and Addiction

Moderate: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Religious bigotry

sunsorbit's review

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Alcohol, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief and Self harm

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I ENDED UP LIKING THIS MORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD. The beginning lagged quite a bit; there were times where I thought things were picking up but the plot just continued to drag. All in all Miss Maggie entertained me most of the way through. I shall continue on!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Classism

andreadelo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Cursing, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Classism, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence