Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

26 reviews

chloelj27's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

jen1804's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

I loved it. I love the multi POV between Aaron, Juliette and Kenji, and all three of them had such interesting plots happening.
This is what all the previous books in the series have been building towards and BOOM, 5 stars!
In my opinion this book was a masterpiece. It’s exactly the kind of dystopian novel I was waiting for.
There are so many heart wrenching moments in this book, I mean utterly grim scenes involving torture, but which absolutely grip you. I cried at Emmaline oh goddd, help me.
There’s moments which made me audibly gasp in shock/horror/emotion. And several absolutely BAD ASS moments which I live for (I’m referring to the Evie/Ella, Aaron/Anderson respective parental murders)!
Part of me is bummed that Anderson can regenerate to some degree and keeps coming back once we think he’s dead. But also so far Juliette has had a chance to “kill” him and so has Aaron, and I’m wondering whether we’ll get another final kill scene but whether this time from Adam? I’d be here for that.
We get so many answers! And the history of Aaron and Ella is EVERYTHING. Stop it. When characters are continuously getting their memories wiped and yet continuously finding their way back to each other? Ugh god that does things to me🥹!
“Aaron always fell in love with her. Every time.”
We get reunion scenes, we love a reunion scene.
The bickering between Aaron and Kenji I adore so much. And their budding frenemies bromance. Love.
Aaron’s proposal in bed was legit the most perfect thing I’ve ever heard.
And that ending!? So wholesome! I loved that it was some normalcy in this life whilst acknowledging that the war is far from over and tomorrow would be hell. It was giving me a similar vibe as the Deathly Hallows Harry/Hermione tent dance scene and I loved it. Cannot wait to see what happens next.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.
“I will love you for the rest of my life. My heart is yours. Please don’t ever give it back to me”.

Edit: because I now literally have no memory of what happens in this book I cannot in good faith keep this at 5 stars so am demoting to 4.75.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

zc2's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

3.0

Loved this one. An emotional rollercoaster.  The ending gives me peace of mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Trafficking, and War

victoria_elaine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Okay, so I really liked this book. However, I just wasn’t vibing with the

name change to Ella

, and something about the plot DIDNT sit right with me. LOVE THE

PROPOSAL

AT THE END!!! Can’t wait to see where this series goes. Overall great book (description of Emmaline had my jaw dropping in chem class), but there could’ve been more to it. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

agnes_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol