Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

62 reviews

mengzhenreads'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

Not as good as the first, but I still loved the deeper dives on all of the characters, the writing is wonderful as always, and the plot is still incredibly engaging. Another banger!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide attempt

georgiakirkegard'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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

rachaellann's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide attempt

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

radwretched's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

i am definitely biased towards this book because it’s always been my favorite in the series. i reread it recently and this remained true. i love finally getting to see into ronan’s head (literally) after getting little to no insight on him in book one. i love how this lets us see the depth of his relationship with gansey more. i love adam’s character/arc in this, and in general, how trc does not shy away from portraying realistic characters and the relationships between these characters. life is complicated—

adam could (and maybe should) take gansey’s help, but he needs to know that he can survive on his own if gansey’s ever not there

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there’s no way they can let go of ronan, but maura is on the cusp of a relationship for the first time since blue’s father disappeared

. i tend to cringe at stiefvater’s writing a good amount, but this book has more strong moments for me than it does weak ones. (and i have my grievances w the book, but i won’t go essay mode in this little storygraph review box rn.) the pacing is directly reminiscent of gansey’s anxieties that his search for glendower has gone on for an unnecessarily long time—in many ways, this book is about how life tends to get in the way of our true desires. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse and Sexism

ilyjeffbuckley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

this is one of my all time favourite books. the character development of ronan is beautiful. kavinsky as annoying as i found him, his jokes were sometimes funny. i also love adam even more. i also enjoy blue and gansey relationship growth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

masonposte's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

I liked this one so much more than the first. Already being attached to the characters I wasn’t thrown from the beginning. I love dream-based fiction. The author is talented at writing more flowery pros in a way that doesn’t make you wanna roll your eyes. It’s beautiful and deep and meaningful. The sub text is incredible and well used. I think she really understands both the characters and the dynamics that socio-economic disparity can bring about. It was an emotional and fun book to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Self harm

nyame002's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Child abuse

grimmdark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Kidnapping

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

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

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death