Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

7 reviews

teeclecticreads's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Jeez. What an emotional rollercoaster! I loved every bit of it though. It felt real and painful yet it was also full of hope and tenderness. The audio also makes it 10x better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Grief, Alcoholism, Vomit, Excrement, Deportation, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Confinement

Spoiler

I KNEW that Chachu was a piece of shit and actually didn’t want her. He implanted this whole saviour story in her head when really he called the entire world to find out who could take her off his hands. And wow, what happened to Sal was awful and I don’t blame him for not wanting to know since he clearly remembers in his body and the way that he hates touch. Also AMA’s 3 kids?? That’s so beautiful 😭 not the boy and the girl coming together as one to make the 3rd! So sweet.

thehmkane's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

It's rough trying to write a review of a book when the tears are still coming strong. I've never read a book that understands religion in the exact same way I do. I feel like this book saw my soul. I've been trying to articulate it my whole life, and it turns out a woman I've never met, who was born in a country I will probably never visit, knows the things I do. This book is human on a level I didn't know a book could be. I've been wandering through life with the thought that this story might exist, and it is a joy to have found it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Deportation, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

akajam's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

If I could give a higher rating I would. Not only is the writing beautiful, but the story is beyond touching. I saw myself in it but I also saw more. It was poetry, it was pain. It was truth telling and that is so vital right now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

annabulkowski's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

jokehelldo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Racism, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Deportation

agnesbebon's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Heartbreaking and beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Grief, and Racial slurs

aelunny's review against another edition

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

5.0

A beautiful, raw story that's told so well! I went in not really knowing what it was about, and I appreciated that because it was an emotional read an an experience to read it without knowing what's next. Putting all of Sabaa Tahir's books on my TBR

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Deportation