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Ich fürchte mich nicht by Tahereh Mafi

12 reviews

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the concept behind the main character and the overall world. The chapters were nice and short which made it a really easy read.  I'm unsure what to make of Adam as a character but I love Kenji and Juliette atm. I hear book lovers have so much love for Warner but I haven't seen much to prove these feelings yet. I'm very interested to see where this series goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Classism, Bullying, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, and Stalking

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book - almost gave it 5 stars. I enjoyed the fact that the book and pages were more chaotic at the beginning and eased off throughout the book to reflect her mental state. The depictions of her loneliness and desperation to be touched were heartbreaking. I cannot wait to read the rest of this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Torture, Body horror, Medical content, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, War, Cursing, Excrement, and Animal cruelty

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is not particularly well-written. The characters are pretty generic YA dystopian, it’s unrealistic in many ways, and I don’t really get who Juliette is. That being said, the vibe of the book is right up my alley. The freeform and intrusive thoughts and weird metaphors and all that stuff is super fun and vibey to me, and I really love reading about crazy girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Torture, Animal death, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

taysbooktalk's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Abandonment, Mental illness, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death, Sexual assault, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, and Suicidal thoughts

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

great first book for a series <3 i love dystopian stories and can’t wait to read the rest :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Death

Minor: War, Animal death, Torture, Child death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Violence

themoodreader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

oh_roudha_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective tense

• 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

4.75

I love it it would get 5 stars but IT NEEDS TO BE LONGER like I felt it was very rushed (even though their is like 8 more books ) I felt it was too short for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Bullying, and Chronic illness

Minor: Slavery, Animal cruelty, Racism, Gaslighting, Blood, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Misogyny, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Genocide, and Abandonment

_rae6021's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Hard to follow, literally so fast everything is manic all the time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Gore, and Blood

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abandonment, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I kept seeing, throughout bookstagram people praising this book (and saga), so I built quite the expectation around it. Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed.

The story is so interesting, so different from the fantasy that I usually read, it had so much potential... for me, the writing ruined it. I understand that we are inside the mind of a girl who is being held prisoner because of her powers (and I really enjoy all the phrases that are crossed - those things that are only in her brain and she never says them out loud), but there are other things that bothered me a lot: the repetitions - I know that she keeps repeating things to herself, but you don't need to write them over and over again (we get it); the numbers - what the hell! I think this is the first time that I read a book in which the number are not written in full (I know that this is just a technicality, and as no interference in the story, but I don't like it).

Overall I think that, this could be such a better book if the story was written in a different way. Somehow, I don't understand Warner's obsession with Juliette (it makes no sense - he wants to use her as a weapon and at the same time wants her... so why did he kept her locked up, almost dying for so long?); I, definitely, don't trust Adam - he has the same amount of obsession for Juliette, but because he's hot, that's ok). Other thing I did not get is the "end of the world" plot twist: we are lead to believe that this is sort of a "mid-apocalyptic" scenario and, apparently, is all a big government conspiracy?

Well, I'm going to read the second book, hoping it will clear some of my doubts and I start liking this story a bit much. We'll see! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent