Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

163 reviews

vickeyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

   This is one of my first dystopian I’ve read and tbh I enjoyed it more than I have found other dystopians in the past. Overrall I enjoyed the book. Altho it doesn’t come without it’s flaws. 
   So far I really like the setting and I really like the twist when

it is revealed that the reestablishment lies about the resources that are available on earth.

   I really like the writing style as it’s easy to follow and yet very engaging and quite far from boring.
   About the characters 
I found the protagonist Juliette to be extremely dramatic. While I could understand her as she has gone through.

as she did kill a young boy when she was 14. Or was extremely lonely while she was at school

   Personally, I was mixed about Adam as I found him to be romantic at first. But the more I read about him the more I was disgusted by his character. As he only likes Juliette bc of her looks and doesn’t talk to her much to get to know her.

while yes he knows a lot about her past. I feel it would’ve been better if he were to ask her about it himself and get to know her that way. Not only that he takes advantage of the fact that Juliette doesn’t talk to to many people so he just talks to her about how other people are bad to make himself look better. I also hated the fact that Adam left his 10 year old brother alone for 6 months just to chase after Juliette.

 
   About Warner, at first I wasn’t a huge fan of him because I found him to be extremely controlling of Juliette. However and I still do not like this aspect of Warner and I can find him to be cruel at times. But I will admit I believe he is doing what he believes is best for Juliette because I do think he does care about her a lot. And in some respects he’s better for Juliette because he doesn’t pretend to be better than he is and he does things to get to know Juliette himself. Like go on walks and the fact he wants Juliette’s consent to continue forward with some of his plans with her.
I really found Kenji to be funny and added a lot of personality to the group. And overall I’m excited to see him more in “Unravel Me”
I thought the plot was interesting throughout the entire book which is why I give it 4 stars!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, War, Medical content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Torture, Child abuse, and Genocide

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I've been putting this series off for so long, but I've finally decided to give in to the hype and see what it was about. And now I'm finished I can understand how this series has garnered intrigue. I think the first book was a nice little introduction to the world and provide just enough level of mystery

Like how can Adam touch Juliette? How can Warner? What does that mean? How do some people in their world have supernatural abilities? Will Juliette see her parents again? What happened to Adam's parents? And Kenji's? How did their world get like this?  And most importantly how does Warner become Juliette's future love interest?

and suspense for the reader to want to continue.  

Also, I don't know if it was because I haven't read fantasy-type books since I was in grade school, but it was kind of hard to visualize some of the settings in their world.

And I can't help but confess that I'm curious about the Aaron Warner hype that has been circling the internet and that has become the centerpiece of this series. Because of what I've been reading so far I couldn't imagine how things could turn around. 

He literally forced himself on her (trying to kiss her). Forcing her to love him and be his secret weapon of destruction. And as of right now, he's trying to kill her. I just can't fathom how he's gonna be her future love interest.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Classism, and Blood

Minor: War, Ableism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Medical content, and Child abuse

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

lozsniper27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Cursing and Death

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

bookworm4life's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

AMAZING BOOK 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Abandonment, Confinement, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

avidreader12345's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Vomit

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

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Death, and Sexual harassment