Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sekret Julii by Tahereh Mafi

22 reviews

spatterson7's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

this was so amazing. tahereh’s writing is poetic but not hard to read. i want to highlight half of the words. will definitely be going back one day to annotate this. i knew i was in for a rollercoaster when i was crying less than 100 pages in. emotional wreckage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

alis143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jailynm13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fandomsandfiction's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Grief

abigail_moffat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, and Grief

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

Jesus H Christ. I genuinely don't understand how this and the first book were written by the same person. Like the first book was fine but THIS. Lordy. I adored this book. Warner is my favorite as resident lover and pyscho but, Kenji is a verryyy close second as probably one of the only people who doesn't handle Juliette with kid gloves. I am so excited for the next books for real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

tbh I don't have any strong feelings toward this book. It was good but it wasn't my new favourite. However I'm interested as to how the ending will lead into the third book. especially with Warner ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

I dont remember much of the book so I unfortunately can't provide many content warnings.