Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

30 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this was wild. the plot twists just kept on coming. i feel exhausted (in the best way). i also loved the way we got warner’s perspective too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Self harm, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Torture

sbbailey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Torture, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

fia_nakrisha's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

No words can express the shock and pain this installment caused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, and Torture

lilareads5678's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

this book was literally plot twist after plot twist! the characters as always were amazing. loved the book and trans representation. such an interesting cast of characters. the ending was a jaw dropper. can’t wait to read defy me!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Cursing, Violence, Torture, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Death, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

overduck's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

This book gave me more Warner content, which I loved, but really not much happened. Except that eventually new information, which really felt like it came out of nowhere (which made it feel a little too out there), was revealed that turned everything on its head. Also I'm not terribly sure why we put Juliette in charge with her total experience of none.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, War, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Transphobia

aysha_blake's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Death, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Torture, Gun violence, War, Transphobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

neygomonnaya99's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

It would be a wonderful book if only it didn't have all the unnecessary and unrealistic drama between Warner and Juliette.  SPOILERS!
There is only two things they fight about:

1) “oh, I don’t know you at all, it scares me, I barely know who you are.. “
you only been dating for like few month… not even a year! You can’t possibly know the person in such a short amount of time 🙄

2) “oh, you lied to me, I’m so mad at you, You didn't tell me I was adopted. We are breaking up”
🤦🏼‍♀️ He can’t possibly tell you everything you wish to know at such a short period of time.. A lot of things just haven't came up yet! Jesus! And the only one thing he ACTUALLY kept from you was just to protect you from unnecessary heartbreak.

This just ruined the book for me. The plot twist themselves were amazing and enough to give it 5 stars, but I felt myself rolling my eyes half of the book just because of  Warner's and Juliette's relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

melist6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Transphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Honestly other than the end, this book was a snooze. I'm not sure I could tell you anything that happened that was super significant. I adore Juliette but this entire book was just like a backtrack from the last one. Warner has seemed to evolve so thats cool. I'm hoping the next book is better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, and Vomit

thereviewverdict's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

OMG!!!! I absolutely loved this book. Juliette's character development was very perfectly written. And even Aaron is trying to be a little polite ro others for Juliette's sake. 

The book contains lots of REVELATION! (sadly for me I've already known about it because well people love to spoil other's experience of a book). But, even after I knew the spoiler not for once I was bored or anything. I was totally intrigued and hooked with the story from starting to the very end. 

The characters, the chemistry between Aaron and Juliette, Kenji and Juliette's friendship, the shocking revelations, the Worldbuilding🤌— Tahereh Mafi did it Again!!! 

I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!! 

Happy reading🌷. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Self harm, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, and Death of parent