Shatter Me: Written by Tahereh Mafi
Release Date: November 5th, 2011
Publisher: Harper Collins
Format of Novel: Nook
Rating: 4/5 stars
Summary (From good reads): 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.
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I'm late in the game, but I'm glad I was just so I can appreciate this series as a whole instead of waiting for the next books to review them on here. So Shatter Me, it's basically like the people have said in the past, it's a mixture of X-Men and any regular dystopian novels I've read in the past. But unlike the other dystopian novels I did read, I found this narrative of Tahereh Mafi to be very poetic. It's reminds me of Maggie Stiefvater's writing in her Raven Boys series, but it's more fluid in a angst-y sort of way. We follow Juliette's journey after being locked up and abandoned by those who was supposed to love her in an asylum for a little over 264 days. We get to meet the other characters like Adam and Warner. Each of them with their own goal and method of trying to overcome that goal.
At first I wasn't sure about reading this trilogy. I did hear mixed reviews about it, but at the same time, I wanted to give it a shot and I'm glad I did in the end. The plot of this story is quite typical for a dystopian novel in terms of its world being a wreck and the rebels vs governed forces concept, but it has it own twist since we are more focused on the protagonist's sudden ability to kill people with a single touch.
What makes this story interesting is the idea that we get to see how somewhat crazy the focused characters are throughout the novel. The pacing doesn't really help me in a personal sense understand what going on, but I liked that. It helped build up a mystery without giving so much information. I'm still questioning what the hell happened in their world and how did the rebellions start their 'war' against Warner and his soldiers. Speaking of Warner, can we talk about him? What a psycho huh? I mean, I'm sure that there is something more about him, but for now, damn.. If he wanted love, he should've taken the lighter approach like Adam did with Juliette. Adam is also a mystery to me. While I do love his character thus far, I think there's something else to him that's darker and we can't know what's going on till the sequels.
Juliette, what can I say about her? I think she's a interesting being. While I can agree that she is a whining and jittering little being, I do admire how flawed she is in the psychotic sense. She's reminds me of Mara Dyer, but is more kindhearted I wanna say. I'm hoping she grows stronger as a character as the series continues. Also, my babies, James and Kenji, oh my god can they be real so I can hug the crap out of them??
Overall, this book is exciting and fast pace. The narrative is so realistic and poetic, I'm so dying to read more from this author in the near future. What are your opinions on Shatter Me? Tell me in the comments below and I'll see you guys soon with another blog post. Happy Howling!
At first I wasn't sure about reading this trilogy. I did hear mixed reviews about it, but at the same time, I wanted to give it a shot and I'm glad I did in the end. The plot of this story is quite typical for a dystopian novel in terms of its world being a wreck and the rebels vs governed forces concept, but it has it own twist since we are more focused on the protagonist's sudden ability to kill people with a single touch.
What makes this story interesting is the idea that we get to see how somewhat crazy the focused characters are throughout the novel. The pacing doesn't really help me in a personal sense understand what going on, but I liked that. It helped build up a mystery without giving so much information. I'm still questioning what the hell happened in their world and how did the rebellions start their 'war' against Warner and his soldiers. Speaking of Warner, can we talk about him? What a psycho huh? I mean, I'm sure that there is something more about him, but for now, damn.. If he wanted love, he should've taken the lighter approach like Adam did with Juliette. Adam is also a mystery to me. While I do love his character thus far, I think there's something else to him that's darker and we can't know what's going on till the sequels.
Juliette, what can I say about her? I think she's a interesting being. While I can agree that she is a whining and jittering little being, I do admire how flawed she is in the psychotic sense. She's reminds me of Mara Dyer, but is more kindhearted I wanna say. I'm hoping she grows stronger as a character as the series continues. Also, my babies, James and Kenji, oh my god can they be real so I can hug the crap out of them??
Overall, this book is exciting and fast pace. The narrative is so realistic and poetic, I'm so dying to read more from this author in the near future. What are your opinions on Shatter Me? Tell me in the comments below and I'll see you guys soon with another blog post. Happy Howling!
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