Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

49 reviews

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

Great third instalment. Enjoyed Juliette’s character development and that things didn’t perfectly fall into place for Aaron or Adam but really liked all the side characters developing too. Writing is great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Death and Torture

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

Damm if I though the last book was good this one is even better! Juliette really comes into her own in this one. She is more confident and creates boundaries while maintaining her character. Still love Warner and Kenji. I am super excited about these next few books!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

esztimeszti's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and War

bookgal1990's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dani794's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This book really aggravates me. It feels like I was reading the same conversation over and over. Everyone is far too emotional and there’s no logical person there to help calm things down. 

There is way too much focus on the romance and the emotional sides of the book that the plot and character development suffers. Juliette finally starts to understand her powers, but it has felt like such a background thing yet its key to the story?

Adam is still incredibly aggravating and confusing. He’s so annoying! I’m glad Juliette has finally realised how pessimistic he really is, and how strange his obsession with her when “she was broken” truly was. I hope he falls off a cliff I really don’t care for him. 

how he belittled Juliette’s imprisonment in the first book, even after being in the same cell as her, was actually disgusting, and wasn’t fully realised. Just because others have it harder than Juliette that doesn’t diminish the struggles that she went through?

Kenji’s confusing to me. I don’t know why he jumps to the conclusion that Juliette’s being a dickhead or whatever - I thought his character was meant to be more logical? Idk he was written weirdly to me.

Ok. With Aaron Warner, a lot of this book felt a bit like history revisionism and gaslighting Juliette into making her believe that Aaron’s not that bad - after all the things he did, theres reasons!!! It didn’t feel planned really, it felt like she realised Aaron was really popular so rewrote the

child torture and Aaron killing that soldier

stuff in order to make him redeemable. It’s too perfect. 
Aaron himself is kinda funny - He does carry this book a lot.

idc about any of the other side characters i cant even tell u their names tbh

The final build up to Anderson’s assassination was so fast and easy. The fact we spend 320 pages on a love triangle and like 20 on executing the main antagonist is ATROCIOUS. This guy should’ve been dead years ago if hes that easy to kill. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

marsmonny's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and War

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneylecoin's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

4.25

the amount of times I SQUEALED in this stupid book. I don't know why I kept putting it off thinking the series wasn't as good as I remembered. It is so freaking good.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and War