Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

74 reviews

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

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

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.

risten's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Racism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Addiction, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Excrement, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Confinement, Cursing, and Pedophilia

rakka_y0k0's review

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Violence

yazzy_annalise's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

I have many feelings about this novel, and I am not sure if all of them will come across coherently, but I immensely enjoyed this book. I read it in one day. The author did such an amazing job weaving such heavy topics and a heavy story line into what seems like everyday events. The heaviness is not divorced from the mundane and makes a very complete and realistic picture of the characters and what is happening in their lives.

The last fourth of the book felt like it moved too quickly for my tastes, but it was not rushed. I wish we had gotten a little more time with the main characters and the futures they worked to reach. We got such a rich look into their inner lives as the story developed that I wish it continued into the end of the novel, instead of it pushing to wrap up. But, then again, there wasn't too much to say about that time post climax, things were over and that's all that mattered.

There was so much to wrestle with in this novel, and so much of it hit home. Watching my mom make a new life here for us, dealing with all the bullies in school, and just trying to figure myself out as much as any other teenager was doing. 

I recommend this book to everyone. It is sad and heavy and yet full of hope and love for each other and for the future. While the themes maybe distressing, it is absolutely worth the ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Racism, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, and Addiction

Moderate: Violence, Drug use, and Bullying

aedod's review

challenging emotional informative 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? N/A

3.75

This book coming from Sabaa Tahir, who wrote one of the fluffiest YA series I have read, is gut wrenching, human, and everything a novel about immigrant families in a rural white town should be. It felt a bit contrived at times in terms of everything happening at once, but the underlying theme of religion and things as they should be made it alright for me. The book spells out in plain English the reverberating complications of poverty and racism in a high school setting. Would definitely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Hate crime and Terminal illness

calamitywindpetal's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Grief, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Confinement, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ska1224's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

had to stop and just stare at the ceiling a lot reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Drug use

lilyreads01's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Violence, Drug abuse, and Child abuse