Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

56 reviews

maddie_0930's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Best book in the whole series BY FAR. I truly though ignite me would take the cake but this book actually killed me.

The description of Emmaline was so horrific and it touched me so deeply

this book is fantastic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

i don’t know how tahereh keeps one-upping herself but she’s done it again. the character development, the plot development and the TWISTS. so much going on. so good, i may not survive the ending of this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

hazel_valkyrie's review against another edition

Too triggering. May return in a few months/years.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

khucc's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

s1ck4n's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and War

Minor: Alcohol

lilareads5678's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

this book was a page turner! i’m not even kidding every chapter in this book was plot twist. and the ending was so SWEET. 5 stars highly recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

overduck's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

This review is based on enjoyment rather than literary merit. This book kept me reading until 3am on a work night because I was so invested in what happened to the characters (mainly Warner, though, realistically). It was tense and suspenseful. If you can get over the complete in total shift in the plot of this series--it really felt like book four started a different series--then it's worth a read. Or maybe I'm just in love with a fictional man. Either way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and War

a_myette's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

A great addition to this fantastic series.

Can’t wait to read the rest.

Exiting, fast paced and action filled throughout the entire book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, and Islamophobia

aysha_blake's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Honestly this book was a total flop until like the last 10 chapters. It was somehow both boring and unrealistically chaotic. Paris is alive, Ella has evil parents, Emmaline is creating the illusion of destruction, almost everyone knows more then they let on, and Ella just kinda decides not to freak out now??? Idk man. I did adore the Aaron content and the little birthday party at the end made me cry so it got an extra star for that. I just hope the last few books make slightly more sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism