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All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

19 reviews

kommatator's review

emotional hopeful

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Islamophobia, Bullying, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, Rape, and Pedophilia

stw07's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book is kind of like if A Little Life was a young adult novel. For like 85% of the book everything that can possibly go wrong does, and everyone is miserable. But it’s YA so in the end stuff kind of works out. But geez reading this felt like being punched in the gut repeatedly. 

Spoiler

At least these kids end up getting therapy eventually because lord knows they need it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Drug abuse, and Islamophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

mackef's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Domestic abuse

rashuwumon's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

bawled my fucking eyes out in a good way. constantly asked “oh how can this cannot any worse”?” news flash: it did but it is so so worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Cursing, Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, and Drug abuse

avabudavari's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

This book was so incredible. It is the closest thing to young adult literary fiction that I’ve ever read. I loved Salahudin, Noor and Misbah  so much and I found my heart breaking over and over again along with theirs as each hardship passed. This is a story about trauma, but it is also one about love and hope. Every word it was a masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Confinement, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Rape

dailyintellectual's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Grief, Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Drug use

eeeeva's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Islamophobia, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime and Rape

kayladaila's review

This book is exactly as the title suggests. If you can’t or don’t want to handle the very heavy themes, skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Racism, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use and Rape

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

Thank you to Penguin Teen and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Oh my god! Sabaa what have you done to me!! 😭😭😭 Forever crying over this.

All My Rage is a generational contemporary about a family of Pakistani Americans and Noor, a Pakistani refugee. The story centers on Noor, Salahudin and his mother, Misbah. We see Misbah in Pakistan as she starts her married life with Toufiq and they come to the United States. Noor and Salahudin were best friends, until The Fight. Now Sal spends his time trying to save the motel as his mother's health fails and his father is lost in his alcoholism. Noor balances working for her wrathful uncle while also going to school and trying to apply to college where she can finally be free of him and Juniper. But when Sal tries something desperate to save the motel, he and Noor face far reaching consequences than they knew to prepare for.

This book was fucking incredible. The way Sabaa has shaped the story of Misbah, Noor and Salahudin was amazing. The emotional journey we go through with these characters has caused maximum emotional damage. I wanted to rage, to cry, to scream, to fight and so much more for these characters. The way trauma is explored in this story is incredible, there's no other word for it truly.

There were times I felt so down with these characters I didn't think there was any hope left. But Sabaa weaves a tiny seed of hope throughout this whole story. So much is thrown at the protagonists and while they don't always make the smartest decisions, they persevere through it all. I love that we get to see them all grow and learn through their mistakes. Many times we only see a tiny bit of behavior changes, but All My Rage goes above and beyond that.

The ending made me cry. I loved it so much. It's bittersweet yet brimming with hope. This book is amazing. I am so glad I read it. Tahir has established herself as someone who can easily leap genres and craft a compelling story and characters. I cannot wait to see what comes next for her.

Rep: cishet Pakistani-American male MC with PTSD and touch aversion, cishet Muslim Pakistani refugee female MC with PTSD, cishet Muslim Pakistani-American female MC with chronic kidney disease, white cis bisexual female side character with a small child, various Muslim and Pakistani side characters, Black Muslim female side character, BIPOC male side character, WLW side couple.

CWs: Islamophobia, alcoholism, alcohol consumption, bullying, domestic abuse, physical abuse, racism, child abuse, drug use, drug abuse (non-fatal overdose), drug addiction, panic attacks, racial slurs, chronic illness, terminal illness, xenophobia, medical content, grief, death, death of parent, religious bigotry, mental illness (PTSD). Moderate: police brutality, emotional abuse and manipulation, past sexual assault/rape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Grief, Islamophobia, Medical content, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Police brutality, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault