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All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

100 reviews

niftyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

All My Rage book review: a must-read

I love it when my friends say, “I’m downsizing. Do you want some books?” because the answer is always “yes.” Even though I’ve been “downsizing” for years now, and I’m just too lazy to post pictures of all the books I have in boxes 😅 Soon, friends, soon… This situation happened with Belle (last year, might I add 🤦🏻‍♀️, I’m the worst with my TBR), and out of the few books I picked, ALL MY RAGE by Sabaa Tahir was my number one choice. Since this book debuted, I’ve heard such good things about it, and let me confirm them: every exceptional thing you have heard about this book is true. 

I want to thank ashleyreads for making me read a backlist book off my tbr. I love that she posts books she wants to read each month and says, “Who wants to buddy read?” It helps me get into books on my shelves!

Ashley and I expected this to be an emotional book, but we did not expect to be gripped right from the beginning. Yes, I’m a crier at books, but I was so emotional through this novel that it seemed normal to have tears on my face as I read. We had such a good talk about this book. I highly recommend it as a book club read if you are looking for a book to have a great discussion about when you finish reading! 

My only regret is that I read it with my eyes while Ashley went the audiobook route and said it was a fantastic listen. I cried so much and went through such an emotional roller coaster getting attached to these characters that I don’t know if I can handle rereading this soon. But one day, I’ll be ready for this story again, and I know when I am, it will be with my ears!

It’s a book of heavy, relevant subjects. You quickly care for the characters and how unimaginable life is for them (and real-life people like them). It makes you emotional. It makes you think. And it’s damn sure worth the read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Islamophobia, Death, and Alcoholism

feminerdity's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

mshiley's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death, Medical trauma, Drug use, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Racism, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

mgmsharpe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

This book was perfection.

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Content Warnings

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

pookiedookie's review against another edition

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

haleyrenel'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

voxrusso's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I love all of Sabaa’s work, but I’m not much of a fan of the contemporary genre. Even so, I loved this book and it’s the quickest I’ve finished a book in over a year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Racism, Death, Child abuse, Addiction, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

Minor: Police brutality and Sexual assault

There is a list of trigger warnings contained within the first few pages of the book before the first chapter.

yammiereadsuwu's review against another edition

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