Reviews tagging 'Death'

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

36 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I enjoyed this, but I think that to much was happening and none of it get wrapped up or flushed out. I appreciate the topics discussed in this, all of them being hard and difficult conversations, but half of them weren’t even concluded. This also just felt off to me? I’m not Muslim so I can’t speak on the 
Representation And the some of the  topics discussed, but it just didn’t seem All that well done to me. I know the author is Muslim so maybe that’s her experience, but read reviews from Muslim readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Islamophobia, Car accident, Grief, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

annie2000's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

I think this book perfectly describes complicated relationships and grief. It felt very realistic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Death

sbbailey's review

challenging emotional 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

3.75

i have a lot of thoughts about this book, on the one hand it’s half baked until about 75% but then it still doesn’t make complete sense. on the other hand i see what the author was trying to do here, it was very poetic, in a way. but some authors aren’t equipped to write true poetic work. i get what mafi was trying to do with this book. it didn’t make sense until the end because it wasn’t supposed to the main characters thoughts were so jumbled because of GREIF, mafi just didn’t assemble it correctly. it had great potential, but the potential wasn’t met. she wrote this book with the write concept for the times, but the writing just doesn’t do it justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Islamophobia, Child death, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Hate crime

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.0

As a former Muslim who grew up during 9/11 and post 9/11, this book def hit some feelings. Def look up content/trigger warnings tho. There is at least brief mentions of a few different things.
Although I didn't love the romance aspect and would've loved to see more of Noah, I thoroughly enjoyed this book on family, grief, and struggles of being Muslim in a country that thinks you are the personification of pure evil. I was a little confused at the beginning with the switching of time a few times throughout the book tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Racism, Xenophobia, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

wrinnola's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Xenophobia, Grief, Islamophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Police brutality

teah_jilly's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Death, and Car accident

_savannahreads_'s review

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Racism, Car accident, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Islamophobia

ambi_reads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death

readerorwateva's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: War and Panic attacks/disorders

georgiachambers's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Islamophobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Death