Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi

6 reviews

reading_isalifestyle's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Vomit

Minor: Chronic illness

lydiazwag's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, War

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

embersbooknook's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Goddamnit -

I knew Taherah was going to hit us with one of her signature cliffhangers but JESUS😭🫢  Warner is every bit the calculating man he ever was, getting Rosabelle to be interrogated by her own father.  I wonder if he really was won over by the New Republic, or if he is playing them…we shall see.  

 
Woof - I am both excited and terrified to see where this sequel series goes.

To be clear, Warner is genius for employing this move - while I do think Rosa’s loyalties are shifting, that is not at all clear externally yet, and he’s, as ever, extremely smart to be taking a strong-handed approach here.  

Klaus is a formidable villain, and the reestablishment trying to use those damn vials to chemically remove the supernatural abilities from the population, and turn the mind control on, is chilling. 😱😰  I lost my fucking shit over every single tiny creature of wildlife having a FUCKING CHIP in their heads😰🤯😤🫣  

 
I’m literally so terrified for everyone and while I’m happy to be in this world again, PLEASE LET THEM LIVE Taherah?!😭😭  I hope she won’t keep us in suspense for too long🥲  

Overall, though the pace was a bit slow, I feel like this was a worthy sequel that holds up well alongside the very best of the Shatter Me series.  I appreciate getting such a detailed look at the emotional landscape of both James and Rosabelle.  I feel like the groundwork has been laid, and now we’ll get into the gritty plot.  
Thank you for reading this subpar review, and yes I WILL be an anxious wreck until the next book is out, thanks for asking🥲😭 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

I tagged eating disorders as a warning for folks who may be in recovery, as Rosa’s relationship/reactions to food can be distressing.

mandbooks's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder

maria_y's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Wow. This book was SO GOOD, James’ character was so funny and the new character Rosabelle was so interesting and she was so cool to learn about.

The ending was so interesting. The cliff hanger was so unexpected, it actually shocked me. One thing though that I was kinda disappointed in was the romance. This book was promoted to have an enemy’s to lovers trope between Rosabelle and James but that never happened? There was just some tension but nothing actually happened.  But one thing I am so happy that we got in this book was James and Warners relationship. It was so sweet to see their brother dynamic and how they interact with one another now, it was one of my favourite parts of this book. 

This book absolutely  lived up to my expectations. It was such a fun read and I can’t wait until the next one comes out. 
4.75/5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

klara_lovelace's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If I hadn't started the book yesterday at 10 p.m. I would have done it in one day. It was so GOOD!!! I'm so in love with James, although it took some time to erase the 10/11 year old boy from my head. Rosebelle was also great I just love a strong FMC!

And hello Aaron and Juliette are having a baby! I'm so happy for them. On the other hand, Mafi also took two such special couples from us (I'm not saying who because of those who read the spoilers. You have to feel the pain in the book🥲) The AI part was also so interesting especially because of today's developments. I mean there is already Ki with the will to survive and chips for the heads are proclaimed. Unfortunately, it is a very great example of how our future could be.

So even if it doesn't come close to the original series I have to say that it will definitely be one of the best books of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury