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All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

197 reviews

berniebisme's review

emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

mgmsharpe's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book was perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

pookiedookie's review

emotional funny inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.75

SO AMAZING LOVED IT SO MUCH 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Racism, Medical content, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Addiction, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Rape, Cursing, Chronic illness, Child death, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Islamophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Death

readandfindout's review

sad medium-paced

3.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 3 stars
Plot: 2 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Addiction, Grief, Bullying, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

er1ngobraugh's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

This was one of the hardest and most moving books I've read in recent memory. I am so glad I finally picked it up and even happier to have listened to it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use and Emotional abuse

ka_cam'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

4.75

I liked this a lot more than I like most YA, the reflections on loss, grief, anger, chosen family, immigration, love and faith were beautifully woven together through complicated, grieving characters. Besides the HS bully and the youthful and kind/calm Imam (have to keep some YA flatness/tropes) all the characters were more sympathetic and complex than I expected. I cried at the end. Would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Religious bigotry, Racism, Islamophobia, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Classism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Moderate: Medical content, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

voxrusso's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I love all of Sabaa’s work, but I’m not much of a fan of the contemporary genre. Even so, I loved this book and it’s the quickest I’ve finished a book in over a year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Racism, Death, Child abuse, Addiction, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

Minor: Police brutality and Sexual assault

There is a list of trigger warnings contained within the first few pages of the book before the first chapter.

yammiereadsuwu's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

At first, I didn’t understand the hype about the book and thought it was a silly badly written romance. No, as I progressed, it got better and better and more frustration and sadder. At some point, I was full on sobbing. Second ever book to make me do that. At first I didnt understand why Sal rejected Noor and thought it was just a plot-device that has no purpose, but when Sal’s thing is revealed, I understood. I love Sal. I relate to him. His anger and desperation. Sal didnt deserve that and I’m glad it’s a happy ending. I want to know more about how they live. I hope Misbah is resting peacefully. I hope Toufiq becomes a good dad to Sal again. I hope Noor gets the life she wants and deserves. I hope Sal and Noor are happy. I also love the Imam and Khadija. I love how the Imam does not tell Noor that yes, god only gives us what we can handle in that one scene. Because sometimes it IS too much. And we can’t handle. That’s okay. The muslim rep not being accurate to me is not an issue, the characters explicitly say that they are not religious. And that’s the reality of muslims. Not everyone is a devoted muslim. Also, I feel sad for Shaukat. Yes he is an abuser. Yes I have no sympathy for him. Yes he can rot in hell. But also, his lost dreams that he for sure could have achieved. I feel sad that he rejects his culture this intensely and blames Noor for his failure. I like the criticism of islam that came from him, though the delivery was abysmal, he had some correct points.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Classism, Bullying, Child abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Death, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

frivolousclaw's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

All My Rage is a powerful book that covers heavy topics real teens face. Never assume you know what's happening behind closed doors, if anything seems remotely off. I listened to the audiobook with 3 narrators, and the emotions poured into the characters & their traumatic scenes felt raw. When I first heard about this book, I had no interest in reading it and the tough issues it dives into, especially in congruence with any from my own childhood. Then, the author shared on TikTok how some schools don't want the book accessible to their teens, which made me wonder why. Yes, every major character deals with more than anyone wants to face in life, but novels are great avenues to explore tough topics and what leads people down rocky paths. The Outsiders was a core book in my middle school time that highlighting those who have it rough, and All My Rage could do that today, if more people read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Islamophobia, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault