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kathrynjean 's review for:
All My Rage
by Sabaa Tahir
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed parts of All My Rage, but at the end of the day it ended up being a bit too YA for me to really sink my teeth into. There is a lot of emotionally challenging content in this novel - physical abuse, domestic violence, alcoholism and substance use issues, death of parents and families, immigration trauma, incarceration, and prominently, racism, yet a lot of this novel felt really cheesy to me. I didn't love the ending or the plot device of using many (many) references to specific pop culture songs as a stand in for how a character was feeling. I did enjoy the diversity of characters and learning about elements of Pakistani language, culture, and food, and I would recommend this book for younger readers to think about intersectionality theory in an accessible way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Abandonment