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Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

4 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I finished this book in 3 days, which considering the amount I've been reading on average per day so far this year, is fast. The writing style is one that I flew through, and the plot had me hooked from chapter one, which isn't common. Despite the constant threat of death, the trauma, and dark topics, this is the funniest book I've read in a while. It doesn't make light of the heavy stuff, but the narration and dialogue contain a lot of jokes which so happened to be exactly my sense of humour, and I laughed a lot. I also cried a little bit.

I adore so many of the characters, especially Ragne. The world was good, though nothing incredible. The Gods were amazing, probably my favourite Gods that I've ever read in a story, though to be fair I'm not normally a big fan of Gods in stories so there's not much competition. The description of Eiswald was incredible.

Unfortunately, this book isn't 5 stars for me. So many parts of it were, and I wish it had been 5 stars, but there were certain things in it that I just didn't like as much. Nothing it did wrong really, just things that brought my enjoyment of it down.

I can't believe they called this Untitled Goose Girl when it was being written, reading that in the acknowlegments cracked me up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

marleywrites's review

adventurous 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

Margaret Owen, I love you forever for writing this book. I’m writing this review after reading this book for the second time in preparation for Painted Devils. 

Vanja is incredible. I adore Emeric. I could not create a more perfect duo. Add Gisele and Ragne to the mix and you’ve got the perfect conniving crew. 

This story had action, adventure, sleuthing, chaos, and beautiful romance(s). It features a queer normative world. It has magic and gods and politics. It has thieving and scheming. 

This story made me cry both times I read it. Vanja is such a strong character, I love her and I see so much of myself in her story and her fears and her hopes. She is an excellent example of how to write PTSD in characters, without glorifying or romanticizing their traumas. 

Emeric is possibly one of my favorite book boyfriends ever. I’ll leave it at that! 💛

I cannot wait for Painted Devils! I’m posting this review 8 days from the release date!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

There are moments when a character is triggered by her previous sexual assault. But the sexual assault does not occur on page.

sarahaf712's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Police brutality, and Toxic friendship