Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

52 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

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

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

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