Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

14 reviews

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

savannah_c_dipasquale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

lauritbh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Kidnapping

roseamillerg's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm