Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

125 reviews

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, War, Blood, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcohol, Murder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

hinata_boke's review

medium-paced

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

2.0

• The concept of the book is pretty interesting, but a lot of the neat dystopian aspects are clouded by the romance subplots.
• Too much flowery language and weird editing made it a bit annoying to read - though I'm willing to accept that as intentional if it's written as Juliette's stream of consciousness.
• This is first-person narrated, which is not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

I read this book in 5 1/2 hours, and I physically couldn't put it down. From start to finish, it was addicting. It has everything my soul has been wanting for the past 2 months. I haven't wanted to binge read a book like this since I was a child.

It has everything I ever wanted from a book; superpowers, dystopian world, realistic romance, and she doesn't immediately fall for the guy who

forces her to almost kill someone, several times, including a baby. And is unhealthily obsessed with her.

I obviously can't wait to find out why people are so in love with a particular character. But oh my god, it's such a breath of fresh air. I'm also so glad to see that not even characters I hate make me hate the book. Actually, those characters make the book even more fun to read because of how well written they are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent and War

jachnax's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Torture

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Murder, War, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

holiday7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

Honestly, this was pretty good. But I'm not sure if I'm going to continue the series. The writing is kind of bland and there are tons of words that just don't add anything and are there just to be there. So, that's one part I don't like about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

booklover450's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Physical abuse and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Suicidal thoughts

l_butterflies777's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This was an amazing book that I could barely bring myself to put down with dystopian themes and lines that will pull at your heartstrings. I would definitely recommend reading this! I’m am definitely going to get the series as soon as I have a chance to!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Torture

Minor: War, Violence, and Torture

This author explains everything that the main character is seeing in detail including graphic injuries.

usjdjfnnffm2737's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

web_h3ad's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.25

this book reads as a horror book to me & the fact that is marketed as a romance is incredibly alarming. juliette is the only female character with a name & has no autonomy for the entire story. at no point does she make any choice for herself, & instead of condemning this, the story seems to encourage her lack of agency. the two love interests are controlling and regularly put their hands on her despite her telling them not to. most of the scenes i assume are meant to be romantic are actually just sexual assault. despite her repeated demand that they do not touch her, both men ignore this hard boundary & grope her at every opportunity. horrifyingly, juliette is portrayed as secretly wanting this touch & just not knowing it, a rhetoric often employed by real life predators. it was incredibly difficult to get through scenes where both men forced her into situations she was very vocally uncomfortable in. at one point, warner is literally ripping her clothes off of her. her choices in love interests are a predator & a stalker. juliette is regularly dressed in revealing clothing & harassed by even the minor male characters, even when she asks them not to. 

sexual assault aside, the book also is just poorly written. it’s gimmicky & full of pointless metaphors that add nothing to the story but more words on the page. the twists are predictable, the plot is slow, & i swear to god if i have to read about adams blue eyes one more time i will actually lose my mind. i would not recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse