Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

149 reviews

thatgirlgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Child abuse, Torture, Confinement, Bullying, and Violence

kokopeach's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• 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

2.5

Reasons to Bump This Up On Your TBR:

You read purely for entertainment, like flowery language full of metaphors, teen dystopia will romantic sub-plot.

Reasons to Bump This Down On Your TBR (more in content warnings):

If you’re not into first person POV or in search for a plot with substance. FMC was inconsistent in thoughts vs actions. What was that ending?? It just abruptly stops and should’ve ended a couple of chapters before imo.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Extras ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

Tears shed? No

Spice? More sweet than spicy, this is Y/A after all

Happy Ever After? Ends on semi-positive note, to be continued…

Cliffhanger? Yes and no. (This is book 1 in a series but honestly easily DNFd)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ My Rating System 1-5 ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

Characters (Well-developed? Interesting?) — 3 (Warner and Kenji are doing heavy lifting here)

Worldbuilding/Atmosphere (Coherent? Immersive? Consistent?) — 3

Plot (Well-balanced or underwhelming? Pacing?) — 2

Logic (Characters traits align with their actions? Convincing arcs/plot resolution?) — 1

Writing Style (Prose, dialogue, repetition, etc.) — 2.5

Intrigue (Page turner? Overall enjoyment?) — 3

Average Rating: 2.4 rounded to 2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Torture

Parental/Societal abuse.

notbambi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

It has a lot of potential, but it's not great so far. I liked enough about it that I'll probably read the next one. The dystopia plot and worldbuilding take a backseat to romance, which isn't always a bad thing, but I did feel like what was there outside of the romance was very thin and moved too quickly to care much about. 

I liked a lot about the protagonist and the erratic voice of her narration (I know that this is apparently a polarizing aspect of the book, but it really worked for me!). I preferred the early chapters where she is dealing with her isolation and loneliness, something that I feel like isn't addressed in a satisfying way later in the book - she just sort of feels better because she's got Adam. On the other hand, he is the first person to be able to touch her, and this is the first in a series, so maybe something will happen later to make her realize that being in love doesn't magically fix trauma.

I know from the TikTok stans how this love triangle is going to play out, and I'm very curious to see how Mafi is going to play it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

apolen's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sbrnamthla's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Torture

Minor: Sexual harassment

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Death, Torture, Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

laleh_eve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Abandonment

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Police brutality, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, Addiction, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Torture

yzer2468's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Cursing, Confinement, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, and Gore

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Mental illness, and Blood

aubristar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Grief, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, War, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Police brutality, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

nickysaurus's review against another edition

There’s mention of young children’s death and a scene where a toddler is tortured. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Child death, and Torture