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All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

9 reviews

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

cambloomy's review

dark emotional reflective 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: Racism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Xenophobia

jordynkw's review

challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual assault, War, Cursing, Vomit, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

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

anyareads's review

emotional 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

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism, Vomit, Cursing, and Islamophobia

rebekistan's review

dark emotional reflective 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: Death of parent

Moderate: Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit

klutzykara's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A LOVE LETTER TO SABAA TAHIR: 
Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes quartet are four of my most favorite books (and I'm not much of a fantasy reader!). I was 22 when I read the first book for the first time, and I wasn't sure I would even enjoy young adult books anymore, or fantasy, but I immediately fell in love. So when I first heard Sabaa Tahir was writing a contemporary, my first thought was what noooooo, her fantasy is some of the only fantasy I like to read!!!! I need more of it!!! I was of course still excited to read the contemporary fiction, as I did have faith it would be good, but I was also thinking it would be  a great breather for her before going back to fantasy. Now that I have finished, I can now say with 10000% assurance: I will read ANYTHING Sabaa Tahir writes. I am stilllllll hoping for more fantasy, but now I am also hoping for more contemporaries, while also dreaming of all the different genres Sabaa Tahir could write and make me cry and fall in love with all over again. Science fiction? Historical fiction? Fluffy romance? Horror? Murder mystery? NONFICTION? SOMETHING ELSE? SIGN ME UP!!!! 

ACTUAL BOOK REVIEW: 
FIRST THING: While I was okay going into this blindly (only knowing it had some heavy & emotional topics and that Sabaa Tahir had written it), please remember to check content warnings StoryGraph provides from reader's submissions if there are topics you are not wanting to read about. While it is an incredible story, it is a difficult one. It will not be for everyone. Stay safe. 

Having said that, knowing it was an emotional read and actually HAVING an emotional reading experience are two totally different things. It really did get to me in a way I wasn't expecting. While I have read many hard-hitting stories, I think this one made me a bit teary (RARE) because it was just so so so so beautifully written. I highlighted so many passages in this on my ebook, so that I can look back on them later, even though I know the essence of these words will live on in my head for quite some time. I don't want to spoil anything with tags even so all I will say is: This book really is incredible. Noor and Salahudin and Ama and all those who loved them have lodged themselves into my heart. The structure and pacing of this book was absolutely perfect. This book is so special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit

zoe_archambault's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book had me crying on the subway omg I absolutely loved it. It lost me a bit in the second half I'll admit, but within 20 pages or so I was right back in the throws of it and devoured the rest. I also really liked that there was a content/trigger warning in the front of the book

**editing my review from a 4.5 to 5 simply because its been a year and i haven't stopped thinking about and recommending this book**

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Xenophobia and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit and Medical content