Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

249 reviews

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I've been putting this series off for so long, but I've finally decided to give in to the hype and see what it was about. And now I'm finished I can understand how this series has garnered intrigue. I think the first book was a nice little introduction to the world and provide just enough level of mystery

Like how can Adam touch Juliette? How can Warner? What does that mean? How do some people in their world have supernatural abilities? Will Juliette see her parents again? What happened to Adam's parents? And Kenji's? How did their world get like this?  And most importantly how does Warner become Juliette's future love interest?

and suspense for the reader to want to continue.  

Also, I don't know if it was because I haven't read fantasy-type books since I was in grade school, but it was kind of hard to visualize some of the settings in their world.

And I can't help but confess that I'm curious about the Aaron Warner hype that has been circling the internet and that has become the centerpiece of this series. Because of what I've been reading so far I couldn't imagine how things could turn around. 

He literally forced himself on her (trying to kiss her). Forcing her to love him and be his secret weapon of destruction. And as of right now, he's trying to kill her. I just can't fathom how he's gonna be her future love interest.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and War

mythian's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Forced institutionalization

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book - almost gave it 5 stars. I enjoyed the fact that the book and pages were more chaotic at the beginning and eased off throughout the book to reflect her mental state. The depictions of her loneliness and desperation to be touched were heartbreaking. I cannot wait to read the rest of this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, and War

idkwhattonamemyself's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Bullying

lozsniper27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Cursing and Death

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

bookworm4life's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

AMAZING BOOK 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

avidreader12345's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is not particularly well-written. The characters are pretty generic YA dystopian, it’s unrealistic in many ways, and I don’t really get who Juliette is. That being said, the vibe of the book is right up my alley. The freeform and intrusive thoughts and weird metaphors and all that stuff is super fun and vibey to me, and I really love reading about crazy girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

kefredriksen's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking