Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Ne me touche pas by Tahereh Mafi

25 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: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

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

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

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: Abandonment, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

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

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death of parent, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

zozo_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

Just… no. Like why? Why did someone tell me this was good. So disappointed. It caused me physical pain from the cringe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Gun violence, and Stalking

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I think I missed the time frame where I would have eaten this up.  There's a lot of world building that happens that is super intriguing but the romance element is juvenile (intentionally since it makes sense for the characters) but I cannot stop cringing.

I don't know if I will continue, I might read the Destroy Me novella since it's at the end of my copy from the library and see how I feel about it then.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Slavery, War, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Torture, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Bullying, and Child abuse

leda64's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

I LOVED KENJI AND JAMES. the book is a bet boring and there’s too much details, it could’ve been a 100 page book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Stalking, and War

saoirse10's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Hate crime, Abandonment, Slavery, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Death, War, and Sexism

oh_roudha_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective tense

• 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 love it it would get 5 stars but IT NEEDS TO BE LONGER like I felt it was very rushed (even though their is like 8 more books ) I felt it was too short for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Bullying, and Chronic illness

Minor: Slavery, Animal cruelty, Racism, Gaslighting, Blood, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Misogyny, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Genocide, and Abandonment

mbichaela's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

ENG
let's say that i'm intrigued because it reminds me of the divergent and that feels like one big nostalgia. even though i cringed at some points of the book, i'll continue to truly see whether it is worth the hype for people my age…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

honkmoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

Aaron Warner after the first one hundred pages is just chef kiss. Adam doesn’t know what consent means. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, War, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Torture