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A review by okays1331
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
5.0
I was so nervous that this wouldn't live up to the first book, but oh my goodness did it! I feel just like Blue does: “In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.”
This book broke my heart over and over again each boy in turn and then Blue as well. Adam's fight against his upbringing not just his poverty but also the emotional baggage and legacy his father left with him. Ronan's soft spot for his brother and for his best friends and the haunting legacy and nightmares his father left him. The ending brought healing I didn't know was possible for them. I am so thrilled about where Ronan and Adam's character arcs are heading and terrified about the impending death of Gansey.
Ronan didn't try to kill himself in that suicide attempt. It was his dreams that tried to kill him. But then we find out his dream creatures are a reflection of him. Not only did he try to kill himself but he has tried over and over. He describes allowing himself the luxury of indulging in his self loathing at mass each Sunday as he prays "Please. What am I?" I'm not crying you're crying.
A sword is never a killer. It is a tool in the killers hand...
"It's only you... Why do you hate you?"
Ronan thought about it... Ronan stood up stretching out his arm like he would to Chainsaw. "I don't" And he woke up.
Read through Number 4: I love these books so much. Every time I read through, I find new details that set fire to my heart and add another layer to the already miles deep world. I have become as in love with each of the characters as Blue is. Every moment and emotion is electric and so deep and vast it is physically painful for the boys and for Blue and for the Grey Man and for Kavinsky. In this book, the wildness and barely contained rage, joy, wanting, and loneliness simmers right at the surface for them all.
This was not Gansey as usual. This was Gansey with a lofty tilt to his chin. A condescending quirk to his mouth. A Gansey that was aware that no matter what went down here tonight he would still go back to Monmouth Manufacturing and rule his particular corner of the world. This was a Gansey, Ronan realized, that Adam would hate.
Ronan's lips curled into a smile. Fuck the past. This was the present.
He was a striking version of himself. A dangerous version of himself.
This book broke my heart over and over again each boy in turn and then Blue as well. Adam's fight against his upbringing not just his poverty but also the emotional baggage and legacy his father left with him. Ronan's soft spot for his brother and for his best friends and the haunting legacy and nightmares his father left him. The ending brought healing I didn't know was possible for them. I am so thrilled about where Ronan and Adam's character arcs are heading and terrified about the impending death of Gansey.
A sword is never a killer. It is a tool in the killers hand...
"It's only you... Why do you hate you?"
Ronan thought about it... Ronan stood up stretching out his arm like he would to Chainsaw. "I don't" And he woke up.
Read through Number 4: I love these books so much. Every time I read through, I find new details that set fire to my heart and add another layer to the already miles deep world. I have become as in love with each of the characters as Blue is. Every moment and emotion is electric and so deep and vast it is physically painful for the boys and for Blue and for the Grey Man and for Kavinsky. In this book, the wildness and barely contained rage, joy, wanting, and loneliness simmers right at the surface for them all.
This was not Gansey as usual. This was Gansey with a lofty tilt to his chin. A condescending quirk to his mouth. A Gansey that was aware that no matter what went down here tonight he would still go back to Monmouth Manufacturing and rule his particular corner of the world. This was a Gansey, Ronan realized, that Adam would hate.
Ronan's lips curled into a smile. Fuck the past. This was the present.
He was a striking version of himself. A dangerous version of himself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt