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wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
I don't know if I will continue, I might read the Destroy Me novella since it's at the end of my copy from the library and see how I feel about it then.
Minor: Slavery, War, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Torture, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Bullying, and Child abuse
wasupdial's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, and Sexual assault
honeyland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
The plot started out interesting as well but then it got a bit slow and I started having issues with the main characters. The girl talks to about 5 characters in this book and 3/4 guys her age are constantly showing in some way how attractive they find her, how much they want her, despite her expressing that she doesn't want that. It also feels like it's used as a way to make the character seem more desirable. Plus, there's basically an assault theme in which a character is kissing her against her will and suddenly she's like "huh...but maybe i DO like him?" despite hating said character all throughout the book for obvious reasons...and it just felt highly uncomfortable and gross, esp bc it wasn't reevaluated at a later point.
Also I got really annoyed by how many times had to be mentioned that the main girl is so tiny and light and fragile while both of the male main characters were so tall and broad and somehow they carried her everywhere???
The plot gets a bit more interesting towards the end again.
I might have gone into this book with the wrong expectations but I really thought I was gonna like it and was super disappointed, unfortunately.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Domestic abuse
gabi_w21's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Confinement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail
luzzemilee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Blood, and Torture
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Confinement
Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
taysbooktalk's review against another edition
- 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
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
luliposatieris's review against another edition
- 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 don’t get why Warner is so loved throughout this series and Adam is so hated on. I don’t understand Warner’s motives and his actions, he’s an enigma for me. I don’t understand anything he does or says, like when he said he loved her i was like ????? since when. I’d like to see him explain more in these next books.
Adam is so sweet, i think he is a little overprotective though but he’s still my n1 ship with Juliette. It really intrigues me how Tahereh Mafi is going to make me love Warner and hate Adam, because at this point i feel it the other way around.
i’ll read destroy me to have a warner pov because i need it and then i’ll read unravel me.
Juliette <3 she’s so strong and amazing, i love her. I love that she has a weak state of mind, her chain of thought is so disorganized but she’s still questioning things about the people and places around her.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Torture, and War
Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Rape
c_e_w's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts
katherine20's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, and Murder
koistyfishy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Let’s start with what I liked:
- the writing style is pretty unique, I haven’t seen another book employ the same tactic of expressing the discombobulated thoughts and processing Juliette goes through. I loved seeing how she started almost difficult to comprehend and towards the end of the story she starts being more coherent. She showed great character development as the story progressed and I am all here for it…
Let’s get to what I didn’t enjoy
- I need a little bit more world building. There isn’t really much explained about the society and I understand this book is from Juliette POV and she isn’t exposed to many things but because of the full lack of foundation her mishmash of words that she throws around (while unique) can get very confusing to follow the plot as it can turn into rambling.
- (I don’t think this is much of a spoiler because there is so much fan art and a big fandom out there that hates Adam and loves Warner that it is very difficult to accept with Warner being the villain and Adam being the main love interest… the foreshadowing makes it hard to accept this book now as canon.
- Instalove!!! OMG… kill me now please… love needs to develop over time… this was just too damn much to fast. 🤢
- To quote directly from the book..”that seems awfully convenient” that BOTH Adam and Warner can touch her….
- The lack of any other character development (besides Kenji who is amazing BTW). There isn’t much growth or progression in Adam and Warner… I kind of understand why the novellas exist because they are pretty bland and one dimensional in this version of events.
Overall underwhelming for the hype this has and not sure I understand why so many people are obsessed…
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts