Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

81 reviews

marsmonny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

3.75

 “Happiness does not happen. Happiness must be uncovered, separated from the skin of pain. It must be claimed. Kept close. Protected.”

I'm not even joking when I say that this book was actually good. Like... Bro. I was not expecting this book to really hook me into this story. This book is the best in the series, by far. Kenji has a POV, Warner has a POV, Juliette has a POV. The things that happen in this book were so surprising, and now I'm invested. I wonder how this series will end. I was not expecting to fall in love with Kenji and Warner, but now I love those two characters so much. It's a great feeling to end up enjoying something you didn't think you'd enjoy. And now, it's almost over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-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

4.25

This book, just the like the four others in the series, was amazing. It took a minute to get into but when you did it was so good, I couldn’t put it down. 
But that being said, this is the worst book in the series. It took me the longest to read and that was mostly because of pacing issues. This book is a lot slower than the others. There is also three point of views so it gets very confusing at parts. 

But my favourite part of this book was learning about Juliette’s backstory. This was so interesting and done in such a good way. It was one of the best things this book did. And it even made me like Juliette/Ella better.

In conclusion, 
Other than a few problems this book was amazing. I would recommend.
4.25/5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

isiliest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Torture

kristindan1els's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

would’ve been a 3 if it weren’t for the last few chapters😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

_mnm_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

aralalala's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is by far my favorite out of the books I’ve read in this series. It answers a lot of questions and reveals a lot (if not all) of the information necessary to build up to the last installment.

I felt so many emotions reading through this, through everything they went and were currently going through, both the highs and the lows. Beautiful. Just beautiful. I’m so excited to see how the story concludes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

carnet_de_liseuse's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

mariareviews's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’m so ABANDBSKSNDJSKNS rn I can’t even review this book properly. I went through all the stages of grief during the 2 hours it took me to read it. the ending was so good it hurts 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

izzy_from_ap_calc's review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture