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The Child Thief by Brom

14 reviews

dandelions2's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

lg7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Violence

xeixei's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

applesodaperson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

Wow!!! Brom is truly a master and an artist. The writing of this book was perfection, and made me imagine the world so vividly. I also love how not a single character was completely good or bad. It had me questioning who to believe or root for constantly. And even though this is based on a well known fairy tale, it still felt completely new and original. 
Absolutely loved it and I want to read everything else Brom has written. 
Read from the BYU library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.0

Didn't enjoy the amount of graphic violence. There was also something that just...didn't work for me throughout the whole book. I can't put my finger on what it is. Maybe the erasure of Wendy and Tink? It wasn't bad as far as reimaginings go, it just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

melodykmtx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Murder

venti's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

epic af

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Genocide, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

really had to go down the list for these warnings LOL not sure if i missed any but you get the gist

alysae's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Although the beginning of the book is a little slow, you still get invested in the story, wondering how this retelling will go. It certainly picks up the pace and is action-packed halfway through.

This fairytale retelling is really dark. This is gore galore, so if that's your kind of book, I definitely recommend this. Now, I'm not a fan of gore, and I felt like, at least for me, some of the over-the-top violence (heads rolling, guts dropping, you get the gist) was a little unnecessary, but it does add its charm to the book.

I liked this book a lot. I liked how it pictured Neverland, how eery it felt. I liked Peter's portrayal as well. Not gonna lie, when I watched the movies as a child, although I did like him, he always felt off. As I grew up and thought about it, I could feel there was definitely darkness somewhere. And then I found out about the original, and was obsessed with thinking about how, pardon my french, fucked the story was. The Child Thief definitely captured the vibe I felt from the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape

tamagotchisen's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mrx99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

The worldbuilding and art was awesome. I liked the story but even though a lot happens the book feels very slow. So I stopped reading and started the audiobook (which was amazing). The book wasn’t my favourite, because the pace felt weird and it didn’t grip me. There were also some holes in the story for example the mist destroys weapons like guns and bomb but at the first battle the Volk of Avalon was shot down by bomb
I am not sure how I feel about the ending. The „not happy ending“ is great as a teaching moment for Peter and his willingness to follow the lady blindly even if the cost is the live of all the devils. The book should have ended with him crying and remembering all the children lost in his campaign, but no the next second he’s laughing and happy because he has the power of the horned one. The captains perspective and his love for Danny was my favourite book and I which we would get to know how their future looks like.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism