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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

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donatio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I finally gave in to the hype after a friend of mine read it and I'm still in doubt if the hype is deserved.
I really liked the portrayal of the chaos in Juliette's mind and the fast-paced style fit the book.
But I couldn't yet bond with any of the characters expect

the ones at Omega Point. Adam is so toxic and Warner isn't (yet?) the one Book tok made him, although I know I should always be careful with. Booktok's portrayal of characters.
Furthermore there wasn't much depth to what happens in those two weeks before Juliette planned to escape with Adam. What was she doing? More importantly, what was Warner doing with her? I would've liked to see some more developme
nt of the details.

I will continue the series in the hopes that the writing style will become better.

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reader1292938484's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

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yanamoo's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

i love this book 😻😻

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literally_mint's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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teifrank's review against another edition

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2.75

The writing style really messed up the story for me. The author tried too hard to make the writing beautiful with metaphors but over did it..big time! And 75% of them were a 'smh' moment because they didn't make sense. This is also a prime example of being told how people felt instead of shown which is also another thing I dislike. Like the parts that are meant to pull on the heartstring are weak and do nothing. The love story is also weak and rushed..she went from being scared of the guy to confessing love in less than 100 pages for us and a couple days for the characters. Hoping book 1.5 and 2 are better because I will DNF if they're not. There's a Fairyloot reprint and new edition that I was excited about but...not so much.

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