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The Dream Thieves
by Maggie Stiefvater
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“There are three kinds of secrets. One is the sort everyone knows about, the sort you need at least two people for. One to keep it. One to never know. The second is a harder kind of secret: one you keep from yourself. Every day, thousands of confessions are kept from their would-be confessors, none of these people knowing that their never-admitted secrets all boil down to the same three words: I am afraid.
And then there is the third kind of secret, the most hidden kind. A secret no one knows about. Perhaps it was known once, but was taken to the grave. Or maybe it is a useless mystery, arcane and lonely, unfound because no one ever looked for it.”
I absolutely can't give this book any other rating. If I wasn't in love with this story and these characters already, this absolutely cemented my adoration of them. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!!!
This was obviously a way more Ronan-centric book, which I loved for many, many reasons (I can't explicitly state the most important one here, because I don't trust my family not to come across my Goodreads and this review - but if you know, you know 💅🏻) Him and Adam were, unsurprisingly, the characters I related to the most, and they were also the two characters who grew the most throughout this second installment. Ironically, Ronan did exactly what Kavinsky (we don't talk about Kavinsky) said he would do, and went through his own bildungsroman. Both him and Adam had some very deep-rooted fears and realizations to confront, and as we got their individual journeys here, I'm so excited to see how they converge from here on out - I mean, what could be more poetic than Adam being the impersonation of the literal energy that Ronan needs in order to dream!!
Speaking of dreaming, the whole concept is SO brilliantly executed and so fascinating!! Definitely something that kept me on the edge of my seat. It's the exact same experience that I had with "The Raven Boys" - if I wasn't reading the book, I wanted to be reading the book, and as soon as I started to read it I never wanted to put it down. It's something that sounds completely impossible, but as you learn more about it, you start to figure out that it's really not as far-fetched as you may think, and that's what makes it - and all magic in this series - so compelling.
Finally, I would be remiss not to at least mention Gansey and Blue because I WAS SCREAMING AT LEAST EVERY 20 PAGES. The Camaro scene with the two of them driving, finally acknowledging that they both have feelings for each other but also deciding not to do anything about it for Adam's sake... literary excellence. I can't get enough of them. Slowest of slow burns and I am strapped in and ready to see this through to the very end!!! Give me Adam and Blue's visions!!! Break my heart!!!! Angst is my preferred form of torture!!
I could talk for hours about everything I just read, but for the sake of brevity (HA), I'll just leave it at this - I will be heartbroken when I finish this series, and I love it with all my heart. Just in case that wasn't already abundantly clear 😭
And then there is the third kind of secret, the most hidden kind. A secret no one knows about. Perhaps it was known once, but was taken to the grave. Or maybe it is a useless mystery, arcane and lonely, unfound because no one ever looked for it.”
This was obviously a way more Ronan-centric book, which I loved for many, many reasons (I can't explicitly state the most important one here, because I don't trust my family not to come across my Goodreads and this review - but if you know, you know 💅🏻) Him and Adam were, unsurprisingly, the characters I related to the most, and they were also the two characters who grew the most throughout this second installment. Ironically, Ronan did exactly what Kavinsky (we don't talk about Kavinsky) said he would do, and went through his own bildungsroman. Both him and Adam had some very deep-rooted fears and realizations to confront, and as we got their individual journeys here, I'm so excited to see how they converge from here on out - I mean, what could be more poetic than Adam being the impersonation of the literal energy that Ronan needs in order to dream!!
Speaking of dreaming, the whole concept is SO brilliantly executed and so fascinating!! Definitely something that kept me on the edge of my seat. It's the exact same experience that I had with "The Raven Boys" - if I wasn't reading the book, I wanted to be reading the book, and as soon as I started to read it I never wanted to put it down. It's something that sounds completely impossible, but as you learn more about it, you start to figure out that it's really not as far-fetched as you may think, and that's what makes it - and all magic in this series - so compelling.
Finally, I would be remiss not to at least mention Gansey and Blue because I WAS SCREAMING AT LEAST EVERY 20 PAGES. The Camaro scene with the two of them driving, finally acknowledging that they both have feelings for each other but also deciding not to do anything about it for Adam's sake... literary excellence. I can't get enough of them. Slowest of slow burns and I am strapped in and ready to see this through to the very end!!! Give me Adam and Blue's visions!!! Break my heart!!!! Angst is my preferred form of torture!!
I could talk for hours about everything I just read, but for the sake of brevity (HA), I'll just leave it at this - I will be heartbroken when I finish this series, and I love it with all my heart. Just in case that wasn't already abundantly clear 😭