Reviews

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

meg510's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

rachhightower's review

5.0

My heart. I’m not okay. This book should be read by everyone.

stephgsimps's review

5.0

So well written. I learned so much and felt so much because of this book. Highly recommend.

stacyheperi's review

4.0

(Reread June 2023 for SF book club)

4.5 stars. This was heartbreaking and beautiful. This would be a great read for anyone, but it seemed like a great intro for high schoolers hoping to expand their world and increase their empathy for others.

(tw: substance abuse, physical/emotional/sexual abuse)

tej_007's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i cried twice. it was beautiful and i loved it and it made me rethink everything 

jennybeautifulbook's review against another edition

5.0

This was an emotionally heavy read.  You’ll feel all the emotions, but also absolute RAGE.  It’s sad, it’s beautiful and so worthwhile. If you’ve read any of Sabaa’s books, you’ll know that she knows how to tell a story and how to do revelations. AMR is no different. I would go even as far as to say that All My Rage is her best work.

thecontrarybookworm's review

3.0

I don’t get the hype for All My Rage. It couldn’t really decide what it wanted to be - was it about the American Dream, grief, culture, substance abuse, family, trauma, or physical abuse? All of those subjects were dabbled in, but it was never clear to me what the true meaning was. At the end of the day, this book read like a random assortment of topics piled on top of each other. To be fair, there was some good meaning, but it was conveyed chaotically.
The high school stereotypes also made me cringe a lot. Nearly teenager portrayed was an opioid addict, a cigarette smoker, or a drug dealer. It’s very clear to me that the author attended high school in the 1990s and early 2000s, because a) there are a couple druggies now, but they’re hugely a minority, and b) everybody vapes - there is no smoking anymore. The addition of teen moms was weird too, because they’re exceedingly rare in high school. I also hated that literally all the white characters are raging racists. That trope is aggravating.

ravenclawomanistcyborgwitch's review

4.0

Really excited and thankful that I was selected this month by @mystery.book.club to read All My Rage by @sabaatahir.

kristensreadingnook's review

4.0

This is not a light read by any means, but it’s a good one. Tackling topics like immigration, drugs, and death, you have to be in the right frame of mind before beginning this one, but Sabaa Tahir does a wonderful job with each of the subjects she tackles.

The audiobook has multiple narrators, all of whom did a fantastic job bringing the story to life.

Thank you to Libro.fm for an ALC.

lindsaysmeldrum's review

5.0

I didn’t realize this was a YA until I started reading it. It should be mandatory reading in high school… she does a beautiful job of covering so many tough subjects.