Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

53 reviews

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Violence

courtnoodles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Medical content, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Islamophobia, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

samants's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

An emotional detailing of the failures and struggles of the American Dream: immigration issues such as racism, poverty, and missing relatives' deaths back home; generational trauma haunting you; coming to a land of promise only to see its ugly underbelly, with broken and cruel systems. It tackled a lot of topics but in an incredibly realistic and sympathetic way. Every book like this I read pushes me father left.

The ending was so touching and made me think of

Spoiler

a quote: "little children, love one another," which I thought was from Little Women but is apparently from the bible lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

jordynkw's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Racism, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Bullying, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual assault, War, Cursing, Vomit, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

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

lakea's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Racism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Bullying, Grief, Chronic illness, and Classism

Moderate: Islamophobia, Alcohol, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

sknappy1's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Grief, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse

This book deals with very heavy topics. In fact, most of the book is devoted to the terrible experiences the two main characters after going through or have gone through. It can be quite heavy, but the author handles these difficult topics with loving care and concern.

ofpagesandparagraphs's review

challenging reflective tense 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: Death of parent, Racism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

moodreadswithmoe's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Drug use

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

when i started this book, i wasn’t sure it would live up to its name, but it absolutely did. the writing is at turns lyrical and beautiful and at other times blunt and unyielding in its descriptions. i look that there were no perfect characters in this story, but plenty of people that try, fail sometimes, but grow and try to do better. a great read on forgiveness, compassion, and finding strength in yourself and others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Physical abuse, Cursing, Racism, Classism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Confinement