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The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

8 reviews

mariskyjy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

booksandfin's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

First and foremost: I hate when past books in a series are re-explained to me. It slows things down in a bad way and takes me out of the story. So... points off for that. Also, I care about Ronan but I wouldn't say that I like him. He's mean and reckless and frankly crude at times. I cut him some slack because of the whole (book 1 spoiler)

seeing your dad's dead body thing

, but still. Finally, I couldn't stand Adam in this. The way things ended in the first book really disappointed me and the fact that

they were never addressed in this book felt like I was cheated.

Honestly, I would have liked to truly understand what was going on with Adam sooner than we did. Same with some more compelling components of Adam's character.

This book kept me going because I adore Gansey and Blue's relationship. As always I am a sucker for fated tragedy and Gansey and Blue are my favorite characters. Also: I never thought that I would be the Noah fan that I am, but here we are. Noah is a great character, especially in this book.

Possible Spoiler Territory:

I HATED Kavinksey. I felt like not only was he annoying, but his character was flat. There was also NO explanation of the magic system regarding dreams. Maggie really asks you to just accept a lot. Also: how do you get a literal dream woman pregnant? Horrifying thank you. OH ALSO: Ronan being gay/ queer? Very very minimal and not prominent in this book which isn't really a bad thing, but I wouldn't tag this book as LGBTQ. Just my personal opinion. Maybe when it becomes a more central thing in the book? Like it doesn't have to be his whole character but I'd like it to be more known I guess.

Those are all my thoughts upon finishing the book. I definitely did not love it as much as book 1, but I care too much about the cast to not read the rest. Also: shout out to Persephone just as a character. She's weird and I like her for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

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

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

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

A homophobic slur is used on page, fair warning.

katemarie99's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

2.75

Super triggering for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

izypup's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed getting to know Ronan a little better since the first book really just had him being a moody kid without much reason (aside from his dad being killed). Adam became more unlikeable and volatile as the book went on. His outburst on Blue and his physical reactions were what sealed him as being the worst. The fact that even after telling him she didn’t want to kiss him even knowing she wasn’t in love with him and he kept pushing it? Sorry Adam but you’re going to need to get used to being turned down dude, don’t throw a tantrum. Also, his independence is important to him, I understand, but he’s taking it to the extreme and then getting pissed off at everyone and everything when he isn’t given things. The thoughts he has about his so called best friend just make him sound like a crappy friend. 
Blue is fine I guess, this book didn’t do much for her other than a make out session with Noah and proclaiming her feelings to gansey. The grey man was a nice character who really grew on me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping and Suicide attempt

caidyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Finished it and I enjoyed it. Yet I felt it was terribly off the original story and I wanted to see it get back to the hunting.

DNF at pg. 304

Sorry, y'all. I just couldn't. It might have pretty prose and a Welsh-centered plotline, but it was just boring and I couldn't bring myself to care. Sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

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