Reviews tagging 'War'

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

92 reviews

pianoplayer279's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I went into this book with high expectations and it didn’t disappoint. Very excited to continue the series. Age 15+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and War

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Abandonment, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexism, War, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Blood, and Bullying

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

So far this series is really good! I think this first book is a lot of world building and character introductions. The middle of the book seems like the beginning. I am very glad there are more books to expand on Juliette and Warner. I so far don't trust Adam and love Kenji and Juliette. I think the world building works very well it just means the into is super slow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Genocide, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Classism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Blood, Genocide, and War

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

samcsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body horror, Medical content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Trafficking

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Stalking, Grief, Vomit, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

smillaaa_'s review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

briast4r'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? It's complicated

3.75

I started reading this series because of booktok, but I didn't know that Aaron Warner wasn't the love interest (yet). He was the only reason I read it but I finished the book pretty quickly, it easy to read. I still have to read unravel me and more but the first book I didn't like but didn't hate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Abandonment

lollyac01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Sexual content, War, Domestic abuse, and Torture

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Violence, Child death, War, Blood, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcohol, Murder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

hinata_boke's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

• The concept of the book is pretty interesting, but a lot of the neat dystopian aspects are clouded by the romance subplots.
• Too much flowery language and weird editing made it a bit annoying to read - though I'm willing to accept that as intentional if it's written as Juliette's stream of consciousness.
• This is first-person narrated, which is not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Injury/Injury detail