Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

La Librairie de Téhéran by Marjan Kamali

23 reviews

decie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexism

ecandrews0's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Classism, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

seforana's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Classism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Abortion, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Infertility

arnoles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.75

This was a absolutely beautiful, gorgeous book. The love story was powerful and moving and the theme of societal/family expectations and personal desire was expressed beautifully. The time jump and the occasional switch in character focus was used perfectly. I learned a lot about Iranian history and Persian culture from this book as well. Definitely have tissues ready for the last 50 or so pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer and Xenophobia

schang's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion and Adult/minor relationship

zosiablue's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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? No

4.0

I've inadvertently read a romance and I'm not mad about it. This was about those young loves you never recover from, in the backdrop of 1950s Iran's political unrest. It was aching and sweet and sad. I've been lucky to be in love several times, some I keep waiting to recover from, and maybe the not recovering is the point. It sure was in this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Death, Police brutality, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

telemesmerism's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion

oddreads_nicolestins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

This book was a whirlwind! I really enjoyed how Marjan took us from the past to the present throughout. The plot twists were twisting, and I enjoyed the way Marjan set up the plot. I'm not a big romance reader- honestly this is one of two books I've read with romance as a main theme. Without giving away spoilers, the romance between Roya and Bahman was very sweet and definitely portrayed young love at it's finest. The drama between the adults was where the true tea simmered! Aside from the romance elements, I also appreciated the historical/cultural backdrop of the book and learned so much about 1950s Tehran! Highly recommend if you're into historical fiction/romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and War

nicolebooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Abortion