Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

13 reviews

ronniegayreads's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Deportation, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

honeybeewitched87's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Minor: Violence, Cursing, and Deportation

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Oof. This story made me fall in love with Noor, Salahudin and Misbah and I adored their mutual relationships. Juniper - and especially its motel and liquor store - came alive as well, feeling like I was there among them. Tahir has a magnificent way of taking you along and giving you the time to figure out what’s happening so that once she tells you it’s just the last push to breaking your heart. Will be thinking about this for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Drug abuse

Minor: Deportation and Bullying

peachies's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Violence, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Racism

Minor: Deportation, Drug use, and Drug abuse

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Spectacular 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Racism, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Islamophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Deportation, Car accident, Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Gritty and heart-breaking, this book discusses all the ways that life can hurt us and try to break our spirits. It serves as a reminder that we have to remain strong, fight another day, push through the hard things even when it doesn’t feel like we can. This book touched me to my core. I connected with Noor and her love for songs and with Salahudin and his love of words. They tell a story that is devastating yet real and show how love can conquer the demons that plague us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deportation, Islamophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

teeclecticreads's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

Jeez. What an emotional rollercoaster! I loved every bit of it though. It felt real and painful yet it was also full of hope and tenderness. The audio also makes it 10x better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Grief, Alcoholism, Vomit, Excrement, Deportation, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Confinement

I KNEW that Chachu was a piece of shit and actually didn’t want her. He implanted this whole saviour story in her head when really he called the entire world to find out who could take her off his hands. And wow, what happened to Sal was awful and I don’t blame him for not wanting to know since he clearly remembers in his body and the way that he hates touch. Also AMA’s 3 kids?? That’s so beautiful 😭 not the boy and the girl coming together as one to make the 3rd! So sweet.

thehmkane's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

It's rough trying to write a review of a book when the tears are still coming strong. I've never read a book that understands religion in the exact same way I do. I feel like this book saw my soul. I've been trying to articulate it my whole life, and it turns out a woman I've never met, who was born in a country I will probably never visit, knows the things I do. This book is human on a level I didn't know a book could be. I've been wandering through life with the thought that this story might exist, and it is a joy to have found it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Deportation, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

akajam's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

If I could give a higher rating I would. Not only is the writing beautiful, but the story is beyond touching. I saw myself in it but I also saw more. It was poetry, it was pain. It was truth telling and that is so vital right now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

annabulkowski's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia