Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Shatter Me. Le novelle vol. 1 by Tahereh Mafi

12 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i loved hearing from warner’s side of things. really good novella getting in to his mind as well as finding out what is happening now that juliette is somewhere else and getting our first idea of what his dad is like and his past.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

tabea1409's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Seeing Warner's side of the story is important. I still don't like him, but I don't think I'm supposed to at this point. I can see he's got issues, like most characters in this series. I just think he's still too obsessed with Juliette for me to reasonably call it "love." Not yet anyway. I'm still waiting for him to get his shit together and actually see past her lethal touch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Nothing really happened, but it was an interesting character study on Warner, and I liked reading Juliette’s diary entries. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

akane_readsyt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, and Murder

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Decidedly meh.  I wasn't sure if a novella was supposed to have me on Warner's side, making him seem sympathetic and empathetic to Juliette.  There was like creepy obsessive stalker vibes from both of her love interests with insta-love on their part and it was just a bit too cringe for my tastes.  I'm semi interested in the world and plot of the overall story so I might read spoilers for the series but I do not plan to continue reading.

This is not to say that the writing is bad.  I think the way the author uses metaphor is very vibrant and evocative and honestly paints a picture with phrases and repetition.  I just cannot get over the juvenile relationship angst.  Oh well.  Not for me, but could be for thee.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

charliecares's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

This book really opened up my eyes to the lovely world of Aaron Warner. I especially loved the little moments that explained his routines and habits, something I always enjoy in books! I felt so emotional throughout this book and just experiencing the pain he was feeling was really relatable and heart aching. In chapter 16 where he

sets up a simulation, creates a duplication of himself and then simply makes his copy shoot him

, made me so so emotional. After 'Shatter Me', I still wasn't sold on this whole Aaron Warner Thing but after this short novella, I feel for him so deeply and am really interested to see where his plot line takes him. We're able to see that his infatuation with Juliette is something a lot deeper and personal, him

reading her journal was so interesting to see

  and really allowed me to fall in love with Juliette in a new way as well. I really did like this book and I am now slightly amused to admit that I do see the whole Aaron Warner Thing and I also love him as deeply as any other reader. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Murder

_childuntold's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

my god warner give a fucking warning jfc 😭😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization