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Overview:

Title: All My Rage
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Published: August 2022
Genre: YA Literary
Themes: Family, Drugs & Alcohol, Relationships

One sentence summary: A story of difficult and disruptive families, found families and strained friendships.

One sentence review: This is a heartbreaker and absolutely one to read.

Review:

Sal and Noor have grown up together. They were each other’s guides in the unstable sea that is growing up and navigating childhood. Sal’s parents were first generation immigrants who thought the world was theirs for the taking, but their dreams never quite panned out.

Now, Sal manages his parents motel while they struggle with their own demons, and Noor is doing her best to escape her Uncle. Sal and Noor’s two paths continue to cross as their friendship is tested again and again.

Where do I even begin with this one? Bookstagram went mad for it and I fell hard too.

Tahir is one of those authors that can create characters that get under your skin. I read this some years ago and I can still feel the pain they lived all that time later. Sal and Noor are fighters until they end, they are doing all they can just to get by. And despite their good intentions, it doesn’t always lead them down the right paths.

This book had me in a chokehold from early on. There is so much beauty and sadness and it’s beautifully intertwined. Tahir’s writing is unrivalled and I want to read more from her. Be prepared for heartache if you pick this one up!

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Last updated 17/04/2025