Publisher: Harper
Source: Bought
Format: Paperback
Pages: 338 pgs.
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war– and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war– and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
“I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
Shatter Me
Extraordinary and stunning Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi took me on an engrossing adventure. It seems, that everyone who reads this either falls completely in love with the writing style or absolutely hates it. For me it was a unique experience. I felt as if it was an extension of Juliette, that it truly showed just how broken she was to the point that it undeniably influences the readers experience. Her emotions just bleed through the pages. In a word it was brilliant. Astonishingly and amazingly brilliant. However, I will admit that it took some time to get used to it. At the beginning, which does not hesitate to plunge and hook the reader right into the story, I found it much too overly descriptive and lengthy, yet as it progressed I began to love it.
Which brings me to the characters. Juliette. The girl is broken, like literally mentally broken. She's not crazy or anything, but you can see that the events she has gone through have had a serious impact on her emotional well being. She broke down a lot, something that would have bothered me with another book, but come one the girl was in utter isolation in a mental institution. Adam was so sweet and adorable and just swoon worthy. He was protecting and the fact that he walks around in a uniform that hides some serious muscles doesn't hurt either. Warner had me feeling love and hate wrapped together in a little package. The dude is crazy, a maniac even, but throughout the novel we get to see little glimpses of the real him and you can think I'm crazy all you want, I couldn't help but like him a little.
The romance between Adam and Juliette, for me, progressed a smudge too fast. I understand their history and all that, but their circumstances seemed a bit unrealistic. I couldn't help but root for them though because they work together. The plot was fast paced and thrilling, and always kept me entertained. Personally, I really liked the little X-menish twist at the end which made me even more eager to get my hands on the sequel.
Breathtakingly compelling Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi is a great dystopian read that has me itching to get my hands on the sequel.
Extraordinary and stunning Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi took me on an engrossing adventure. It seems, that everyone who reads this either falls completely in love with the writing style or absolutely hates it. For me it was a unique experience. I felt as if it was an extension of Juliette, that it truly showed just how broken she was to the point that it undeniably influences the readers experience. Her emotions just bleed through the pages. In a word it was brilliant. Astonishingly and amazingly brilliant. However, I will admit that it took some time to get used to it. At the beginning, which does not hesitate to plunge and hook the reader right into the story, I found it much too overly descriptive and lengthy, yet as it progressed I began to love it.
Which brings me to the characters. Juliette. The girl is broken, like literally mentally broken. She's not crazy or anything, but you can see that the events she has gone through have had a serious impact on her emotional well being. She broke down a lot, something that would have bothered me with another book, but come one the girl was in utter isolation in a mental institution. Adam was so sweet and adorable and just swoon worthy. He was protecting and the fact that he walks around in a uniform that hides some serious muscles doesn't hurt either. Warner had me feeling love and hate wrapped together in a little package. The dude is crazy, a maniac even, but throughout the novel we get to see little glimpses of the real him and you can think I'm crazy all you want, I couldn't help but like him a little.
The romance between Adam and Juliette, for me, progressed a smudge too fast. I understand their history and all that, but their circumstances seemed a bit unrealistic. I couldn't help but root for them though because they work together. The plot was fast paced and thrilling, and always kept me entertained. Personally, I really liked the little X-menish twist at the end which made me even more eager to get my hands on the sequel.
Breathtakingly compelling Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi is a great dystopian read that has me itching to get my hands on the sequel.
