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All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

55 reviews

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

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

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

literatefox76's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, and Rape

rachrreads's review against another edition

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

“Rage can fuel you. But grief gnaws at you slow, a termite nibbling at your soul until you're a whisper of what you used to be.”


I read this as a buddy read and WOW. This book was so heavy, so please proceed with caution and check trigger warnings before reading. The author has the trigger warnings at the beginning as well. 

This story is told from the perspective of Salahudin, Noor, and Misbah. Misbah is Salahudin’s mother and these are mainly all from the past! The book does go back and forth in time due to this, but it works really well here! 

Salahudin and Noor have gone through so much at such a young age and my heart was hurting for them. This was my first Sabaa Tahir book (I have some of her other books on my shelf!) and the writing was phenomenal. I would definitely recommend picking this one up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual assault

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

kelly_e's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

Title: All My Rage
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Genre: Young Adult
Rating: 5.00
Pub Date: March 1, 2022

T H R E E • W O R D S

Powerful • Moving • Honest

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Lahore, Pakistan. Then.
Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud’s Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start.

Juniper, California. Now.
Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else does. Until The Fight, which destroys their bond with the swift fury of a star exploding.

Now, Sal scrambles to run the family motel as his mother Misbah’s health fails and his grieving father loses himself to alcoholism. Noor, meanwhile, walks a harrowing tightrope: working at her wrathful uncle’s liquor store while hiding the fact that she’s applying to college so she can escape him—and Juniper—forever.

When Sal’s attempts to save the motel spiral out of control, he and Noor must ask themselves what friendship is worth—and what it takes to defeat the monsters in their pasts and the ones in their midst.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I am very particular in selecting what young adult novels I choose to pick up, and will say it is not a genre I read often. One thing I can say for sure is that when I do I want something hard hitting and realistic with emotional depth. All My Rage 100% delivered on that. Since finishing, I cannot stop thinking about it.

Sabaa Tahir's writing is simply stunning! The narrative is highly readable, yet there is definitely no sugarcoating, and she handles many difficult topics with care and expertise. In fact, it reads almost like non-fiction because everything seemed so real. While there is so much pain, there is also so much hope. It's a genuine portrayal of the cost of the American dream, as well as, what people of colour continue to encounter on a daily basis.

Beyond the writing and tough stuff, there is a beautiful friendship and love story. Sal and Noor's is an authentic love story. Their development and character arcs were equally engaging. As a reader, I was right there alongside them. The theme of forgiveness is also very present - sometimes hard things are hard to forgive, and yet they must be in order to move forward. The audio narration is packed with another layer of emotion and really brought the whole thing to life.

All My Rage made me feel. It made me think. And it certainly made it's way into my heart and easily onto my 2023 favourites list. It's everything I am looking for in the young adult genre and one I would highly recommend to others. Sabaa Tahir has certainly emerged as a writer to watch.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of Angie Thomas
• readers who like to feel all the feelings
• educators

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Wondering how someone who filled up a room could fit into a box so small."

"Rage can fuel you. But grief gnaws at you slow, a termite nibbling at your soul until you're a whisper of what you used to be."

"The more you ask for,” she’d say, “the better. Because it means you’ve put your faith in something greater than yourself." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Islamophobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

parasihir's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

All My Rage destroys me enough, along with my love, my faith, and my rage. It is incredibly phenomenal. THE ENDING, good God, my tears suddenly stream in an endless flow. That is a PERFECT end. I'm glad it was written that way. Solid 5 stars for my tears. We CHEERS (with glass filled with tears, of course). 

FYI, just FYI, my tears taste less tasty after I read this book. I cried THAT much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Grief, Terminal illness, Cursing, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Islamophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

bluedesi'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? Yes

5.0

I sped through this book and I loved every page. I wanted to keep reading and reading about Noor and Salahudin if they make it. I think that’s what kept me reading - the hope I had for them to progress, not necessarily for them to get ‘better’ but for them to keep moving.

As a desi, I also loved multiple forms of representation that came with how immigrants assimilate completely and detest their culture and how some hold onto tradition. How it is necessary to have community too, to have this kinship with people like you.

First finished book in 2024, and it’s 5 stars💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, Bullying, Alcoholism, Addiction, Racism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use