Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

147 reviews

irenemayblack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, and Gun violence

s1ck4n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, War, and Death

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Torture

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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: Murder, War, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Death of parent

bookie_07's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, and Death

Minor: Gun violence, Stalking, Child abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, and Child death

tabea1409's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Classism, Gore, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, War, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Confinement, and Torture

xgabrielle_hx's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Torture

kajasversion's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

This was such a fun read, I loved the easy readability of the story and the slow introduction of all the important information instead of dumping it at the beginning. It definitely shows from time to time that this is supposed to be YA but it isn’t that bothersome. New things kept happening, ones I didn’t even expect, and it is also worth noting this was meant to be read as a series which is evident from the start. The plotlines aren’t completely finished, the story ends on a cliffhanger and it makes you want to see what happens. I am currently team Adam and I have no idea how Warren will come into play here but i guess i’ll have to wait and see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: War

overduck's review

adventurous hopeful reflective 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

3.5

Middle school me was obsessed with this book. Adult me skimmed a significant amount of it (Juliette is quite the over-narrator), but was not disappointed by the Warner content. In my opinion, while not a bad book, this is one you have to get through so you can get to the ones later on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Torture, Death, War, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

thatgirlgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Child abuse, Torture, Confinement, Bullying, and Violence

kokopeach's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

2.5

Reasons to Bump This Up On Your TBR:

You read purely for entertainment, like flowery language full of metaphors, teen dystopia will romantic sub-plot.

Reasons to Bump This Down On Your TBR (more in content warnings):

If you’re not into first person POV or in search for a plot with substance. FMC was inconsistent in thoughts vs actions. What was that ending?? It just abruptly stops and should’ve ended a couple of chapters before imo.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Extras ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

Tears shed? No

Spice? More sweet than spicy, this is Y/A after all

Happy Ever After? Ends on semi-positive note, to be continued…

Cliffhanger? Yes and no. (This is book 1 in a series but honestly easily DNFd)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ My Rating System 1-5 ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

Characters (Well-developed? Interesting?) — 3 (Warner and Kenji are doing heavy lifting here)

Worldbuilding/Atmosphere (Coherent? Immersive? Consistent?) — 3

Plot (Well-balanced or underwhelming? Pacing?) — 2

Logic (Characters traits align with their actions? Convincing arcs/plot resolution?) — 1

Writing Style (Prose, dialogue, repetition, etc.) — 2.5

Intrigue (Page turner? Overall enjoyment?) — 3

Average Rating: 2.4 rounded to 2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Torture

Parental/Societal abuse.