Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

33 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i loved hearing from warner’s side of things. really good novella getting in to his mind as well as finding out what is happening now that juliette is somewhere else and getting our first idea of what his dad is like and his past.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Grief, Miscarriage, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and War

briony_2010's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief

tabea1409's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, War, Gore, Medical content, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

kylasmv15's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Bullying, War, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Violence

kokopeach's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Reasons to Bump This Up On Your TBR:

You’ve read Shatter Me Book 1 and want a peak inside Warner’s head.

Reasons to Bump This Down On Your TBR (more in content warnings):
Mafi’s writting isn’t for you. Doesn’t further the overall series plot.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Extras ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

Tears shed? No 

Spice? No, though there is romantic obsession

Happy Ever After? No

Cliffhanger? No

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ My Rating System 1-5 ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

Characters (Well-developed? Interesting?) — 5

Worldbuilding/Atmosphere (Coherent? Immersive? Consistent?) — 3.5

Plot (Well-balanced or underwhelming? Pacing?) — 3

Logic (Characters traits align with their actions? Convincing arcs/plot resolution?) — 4

Writing Style (Prose, dialogue, repetition, etc.) — 4

Intrigue (Page turner? Overall enjoyment?) — 4

Average Rating: 3.9 rounded to 4

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Parental abuse.

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

wishyouweresober's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

sunnyrees's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Seeing Warner's side of the story is important. I still don't like him, but I don't think I'm supposed to at this point. I can see he's got issues, like most characters in this series. I just think he's still too obsessed with Juliette for me to reasonably call it "love." Not yet anyway. I'm still waiting for him to get his shit together and actually see past her lethal touch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bri__'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is so raw and heartfelt. I felt like I was genuinely seeing into the mind of Warner and I really appreciate having this knowledge before moving onto the second book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Classism, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

This novella is rather dark.