Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

19 reviews

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.25

This book, just the like the four others in the series, was amazing. It took a minute to get into but when you did it was so good, I couldn’t put it down. 
But that being said, this is the worst book in the series. It took me the longest to read and that was mostly because of pacing issues. This book is a lot slower than the others. There is also three point of views so it gets very confusing at parts. 

But my favourite part of this book was learning about Juliette’s backstory. This was so interesting and done in such a good way. It was one of the best things this book did. And it even made me like Juliette/Ella better.

In conclusion, 
Other than a few problems this book was amazing. I would recommend.
4.25/5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maddie_0930's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Best book in the whole series BY FAR. I truly though ignite me would take the cake but this book actually killed me.

The description of Emmaline was so horrific and it touched me so deeply

this book is fantastic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

memoirsofabooklover's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

i don’t know how tahereh keeps one-upping herself but she’s done it again. the character development, the plot development and the TWISTS. so much going on. so good, i may not survive the ending of this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

khucc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Child abuse, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

aysha_blake's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

sadiebugreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

abicaro17's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Honestly this book was a total flop until like the last 10 chapters. It was somehow both boring and unrealistically chaotic. Paris is alive, Ella has evil parents, Emmaline is creating the illusion of destruction, almost everyone knows more then they let on, and Ella just kinda decides not to freak out now??? Idk man. I did adore the Aaron content and the little birthday party at the end made me cry so it got an extra star for that. I just hope the last few books make slightly more sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Medical content

akane_readsyt's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and War

Minor: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts