Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

197 reviews

deffonotmillie_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

no not rlly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cbressler80's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse

nasya_4567's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

Bro… Sofia I can’t lie, I did enjoy this book. 

I feel like personally for me thought I needed the stakes to be even higher. But to be fair actually, the sakes where the highest I’ve ever seen them in a book soooo. ((Maybe I just wanted something extreme cause I was bored) gosh I’ve got so many TBR 😀)

I know who the main character will end up with because of BookTok. BUT OH MY DAYS HOW CAN SOMEONE FALL FOR A CRAZY, OBSESSIVE, PREDATOR OF A MAN. LIKE… I DONT THINK SHE CAN EVER FALL FOR HIM BECAUSE HES SO F*CKED UP. THERE MUST BE SOME MAGICAL WRITING IN THE NEXT BOOKS. CAUSE I CANNOT SEE HIS REDEMPTION ARC COMING ANY TIME SOON, AFTER HOW  HE’S BEHAVED 😤. Absolutely dISuSTANg 🤢. He’s so despicable and perverted. 🤮 I could punch him in the face🤬

Anyway I love Adam he’s so sweet. I love the sweet good guy. 🥰 we need more of them in books. SO ADAM YOU SLAYED ✨

#kenjiistherealest

Epilogue page 329: Kenjis reaction (IYKYK 💀💀😭)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and War

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I think I missed the time frame where I would have eaten this up.  There's a lot of world building that happens that is super intriguing but the romance element is juvenile (intentionally since it makes sense for the characters) but I cannot stop cringing.

I don't know if I will continue, I might read the Destroy Me novella since it's at the end of my copy from the library and see how I feel about it then.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wasupdial's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Got me out of my book slump! Absolutely obsessed! Slow at first but after the first few chapters I was hooked. So many great and relatable quotes in such a dystopian novel. Just wish there was more diversity, most of the characters are described as white with blonde hair and blue eyes and society’s perception of “beautiful”. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series though with (hopefully) more diversity. Also such a gasping read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tsked_off's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Torture

Minor: Racism

gabi_w21's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

luzzemilee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

saoirse10's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail