Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sekret Julii by Tahereh Mafi

16 reviews

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

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

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, War, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness

theragereader's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Juliette is one of the most self-pitying, boy-obsessed idiot I’ve ever read. She’s so busy wallowing in self-pity and she’s reckless and doesn’t think her actions through. For about 50% of the book, she mopes and whines about Adam and how she’s a monster and how everyone is mean and she doesn’t care about anyone except Adam. She spends all of her time ignoring everyone at Omega Point, refusing to interact with anyone that wasn’t him. She even forgot he has a little brother! It really irked me the way she yelled at Castle, a Black man, but then let Warner, a white boy, say whatever he wanted with little interruption. I do like Juliette finally getting over her self loathing and pity part thanks to best boy Kenji, who I love with all my heart. Warner, on the other hand, was kind of meh. The entire drama of Juliette/Aaron/Adam kind of overshadowed the plot. If Adam had just told her what was going on, a lot of things would’ve been easier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, War, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Abandonment

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m loving reading Aaron and Juliette ‘s relationship evolve and I’m hoping she leaves Adam soon because Aaron is just better for her. She feels more confident around him and he ignites something in her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Child abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Confinement

Minor: Car accident

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child death, and Chronic illness

tharini's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Murder, Grief, Torture, Gun violence, and Death of parent

arikaking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

literally the only thing preventing me from giving this book 5 stars is that Juliette got on my nerves a little bit. other than that i could not put this book down and have fallen in love with warner 🫣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent