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An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

70 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

farwareads's review

sad slow-paced

3.5

I felt like I was reading the first draft of a book, not the completed version. What was that ending?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

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

handapandaowens's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

I wish this book was longer!!!! Such amazing detail and I feel like there’s so much more to Shadi’s story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Child death

Moderate: Xenophobia

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

julierambaeck's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I thought this was extremely repetitive! The characters were very flawed and not very likeable. I think if this was a short story, it would have been better, because the message was just repeated way too many times throughout the book…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

kaitray16's review

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

lynnd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

This story helped to bring to my attention some of the struggles faced by a community that I didn't know much about before.
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I liked that this story started where it did, and ended where it did. Especially the ending. It just felt like the only right time for me.
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In the beginning, I did notice again - like I did when I reread the Shatter Me-series - that Mafi's writing style doesn't resonate with me quite as much as it used to. As I've matured and grown, my mind and thoughts have become more structured and clear and less jumbled and rambling.
I do however think that this story is the best story to be told through said writing style. For this story, it's just right.
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To me the romance felt like it was  ritten a little bit too syrupy sweet for my liking at times, but I think that's just because of my personal preference.
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Added note:
I really love how we got to see the complicated family dynamics, and both the love and hate Shadi felt for her father.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Self harm