Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

32 reviews

alexsnerdycorner's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

This was an excellent novel. I love Juliette and Adam. Warner intrigues me. It was a very fast read. Magi’s style of writing is very unique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Alcohol

kmsander4's review

adventurous dark 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

3.75

An excellent start - with a new spin - to what I assume will be a great dystopian series.

I found this one a bit difficult to get into initially, but once I was in it, I was truly in it! The action is excellent, even though it feels like not much happens, a ton does. And a lot of the world building also coincides with character development which makes it more interesting.

I'm excited to read on in the series and see how things go for Juliette, Adam, and even Warner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, and Gun violence

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death of parent, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

donatio's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I finally gave in to the hype after a friend of mine read it and I'm still in doubt if the hype is deserved.
I really liked the portrayal of the chaos in Juliette's mind and the fast-paced style fit the book. 
But I couldn't yet bond with any of the characters expect

the ones at Omega Point. Adam is so toxic and Warner isn't (yet?) the one Book tok made him, although I know I should always be careful with. Booktok's portrayal of characters. 
Furthermore there wasn't much depth to what happens in those two weeks before Juliette planned to escape with Adam. What was she doing? More importantly, what was Warner doing with her? I would've liked to see some more developme
nt of the details.

I will continue the series in the hopes that the writing style will become better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Bullying, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

cara_nm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Torture, and Violence

karalara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Slavery, War, Ableism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Confinement, Abandonment, and Blood

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I think I missed the time frame where I would have eaten this up.  There's a lot of world building that happens that is super intriguing but the romance element is juvenile (intentionally since it makes sense for the characters) but I cannot stop cringing.

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.

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

Got me out of my book slump! Absolutely obsessed! Slow at first but after the first few chapters I was hooked. So many great and relatable quotes in such a dystopian novel. Just wish there was more diversity, most of the characters are described as white with blonde hair and blue eyes and society’s perception of “beautiful”. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series though with (hopefully) more diversity. Also such a gasping read. 

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Content Warnings

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

erkietheturkey's review

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Torture

Minor: Medical content