Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

13 reviews

harymouck's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

jailynm13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Police brutality, War, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Colonisation, Confinement, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Cursing, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

things100's review

adventurous challenging inspiring 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

4.5

Book boyfriend Aaron is finally looking like our man I’m so excited 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Sexual content

lizzye33's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, War, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness

gabi_w21's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Juliette is one of the most self-pitying, boy-obsessed idiot I’ve ever read. She’s so busy wallowing in self-pity and she’s reckless and doesn’t think her actions through. For about 50% of the book, she mopes and whines about Adam and how she’s a monster and how everyone is mean and she doesn’t care about anyone except Adam. She spends all of her time ignoring everyone at Omega Point, refusing to interact with anyone that wasn’t him. She even forgot he has a little brother! It really irked me the way she yelled at Castle, a Black man, but then let Warner, a white boy, say whatever he wanted with little interruption. I do like Juliette finally getting over her self loathing and pity part thanks to best boy Kenji, who I love with all my heart. Warner, on the other hand, was kind of meh. The entire drama of Juliette/Aaron/Adam kind of overshadowed the plot. If Adam had just told her what was going on, a lot of things would’ve been easier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, War, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Abandonment

cosmicnova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

i live for these books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Gun violence

cosmicnova's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

i dont know whether to give this a 4.5 or a 5 but for now its a 4.5 only because the beginning was a little bit slow. other than that this was soooooo good. warnette is just chefs kiss. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SERIES SM

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

allyordyna's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Genocide, War, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Sexual content

c45p1n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh. My. God. Oh my god. oh my god ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Oh my god. This book, is, oh my god. So hard to put down. It gave me so much whiplash and secondhand-embarrassment but oh my god it was so good. It really got reveled in Omega Point, Warner, Juliette and Adam's relationship, Kenji and Juliette's relationship, why Adam is "immune" to Juliette's power.

It really showed all of Juliette's own guilt and agony and overwhelming sense of pain and dread. It gave so much more depth to the world-building(one of my favourite things) and we really got to see how The Reestablishment and Omega Point function. We saw a highly personal side of Warner and of Adam, we watched Kenji sacrifice a lot constantly and always constantly ground Juliette. He really is there to bring her back to reality and to focus while being a witty character.

All the characters really got some good substance in this book and everything was really shown in a harsh light at the potential of losing it all. it made it so much easier to empathize with the characters and realize why they do all that they do. We get substance from Castle, a little bit from James, Warner(??!?!!!?!), Kenji, Winston and Brendan, even Adam

(although he's a bit of a tool (and manipulative) for constantly trying to get back with Juliette when she really is acting in his best interest to stay away from him. he makes her constantly feel bad and forget her ideals just because he "loves her" and "has loved her for ten years." Honestly, both these brothers need to stop confessing their undying love to this girl when they hardly know her last name.

I really really loved Warner's development and how we got more light shed on him and why he's so merciless and brutal.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, and War