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Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

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dlsmk's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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abbyycadabbyy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

3.5

I liked the first book better. There were a lot of little things I think If it was done just a little different the book would have been way better.

All my opinions on the characters still stand form the first book. I LOVE Warner and Kenji. HATE Adam. And I think Juliette is too dramatic. Also I kinda feel like Castle is useless, he is just kinda there and doesn’t really add anything as far as the plot goes.

I love political fantasy, especially if they have to do with war. Maybe it was because this book isn’t a fantasy, but I didn’t love it.

I feel like these are romance books with a subplot of dystopian. I don’t really feel like much of the politics or really anything is focused on more than the romance. It’s not a bad thing, just not really what I was expecting.

I think this book is a little too long for my liking. It was definitely a lot longer then it needed to be. The author could have taken 50-100 pages off and it still would have been good.

The war. It was like 3 chapters then it was over. The war should have been more elaborate, it’s a whole war for gods sake. You could have taken out some of the interactions with Adam or Castle, and talked more about the war. I don’t know I feel like the war was an afterthought where as the relationships with Juliette wasn’t.

Like I said If a lot of little things were done differently the book had potential to be a really good book.

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andrineols1's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

AARON FUCKING WARNER BRO. IM NOT JOKING WHEN I SAY I FINISHED THE WHOLE BOOK IN 4 HOURS.

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vickeyreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

For the most part I liked this book more than the first book.
I really liked the scenes between Warner and Juliette more.
I also liked the new characters introduced particularly Brendan and Winston. The sisters or “the girls” are pretty good characters ig but didn’t stand out too much tbh other than being a plot device. I LOVE Kenji in this book glad we got to see him more 😍
I loved seeing more Warner too 😍 this book made him one of my favorite characters.
Though here’s what I didn’t like.
I felt like Adam was too dramatic in this book like he’s just dumb and has no reason to act the way he does half the time 🤷‍♀️
Like he’s not at all understanding of why Juliette feels the way he feels just only cares about what he wants which annoys me sm.
Juliette is also Dramatic tbh 🙄🙄🙄 it’s so annoying cuz we’re in her pov the whole book so it’s dumber when she is.
I found pretty much most of Castle’s scenes to be boring with a few exceptions 🤷‍♀️

I rly liked it when he told Kenji’s past cuz it’s Kenji but admittedly that scene was just super cliché tbh.

And ngl admittedly Warner’s father is scary but I don’t feel like the book made him all quite that scary yet besides using Warner and Adam’s past, Warner’s mom, and Juliette getting shot at the end but Juliette is dumb sooo it wasn’t the most surprising thing in the world Yk 🤷‍♀️

I’m excited to read the next book still because I wanna see more Warner and Kenji but hopefully in a better state (if Yk Yk).
To be honest, the book was too long and I didn’t rly enjoy the location of the book 🤷‍♀️

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meeklovestoread's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This series definitely gets better with the second book. This book had everything I liked: action, conflict, plot, romance, friendship, etc. It was so nice seeing Juliette and Kenji's friendship development and in my opinion, Kenji is by far the best character so far. That scene where he put Juliette in her place for being too self-involved sent me. I was applauding the whole time. It was also nice to see Juliette discover her abilities and witness her inner conflicts with being perceived as a "monster" because of how lethal her abilities are. What did annoy me though is Juliette and her tendency to constantly keep secrets and the fact that she's portrayed as this strong individual but it always getting captured.

I also would like to state that I felt this book did Warner's gradual redemption arc better than his novella did. Don't get me wrong Warner is still a psycho because of the fact that

he tortured Adam in a slaughterhouse and left him for dead, tried to kill both Adam and Kenji, invaded Juliette's privacy by reading the contents of her most vulnerable thoughts (her journal), assaulted her with an unsolicited kiss, and so many more unspeakable acts.

I can never excuse his past behavior and was really curious how he was going to redeem himself from all the infamous crimes he's committed, however, I did find myself warming to Warner more in this book, especially after reading his apology towards Juliette

Warner's apology: “Every single day I’m sorry,” he says, his words barely a breath now. “Sorry for believing the things I heard about you. And then for hurting you when I thought I was helping you. I can’t apologize for who I am,” he says. “That part of me is already done; already ruined. I gave up on myself a long time ago. But I am sorry I didn’t understand you better. Everything I did, I did because I wanted to help you to be stronger. I wanted you to use your anger as a tool, as a weapon to help harness the strength inside of you; I wanted you to be able to fight the world. I provoked you on purpose,” he says. “I pushed you too far, too hard, did things to horrify and disgust you and I did it all on purpose. Because that’s how I was taught to steel myself against the terror in this world. That’s how I was trained to fight back. And I wanted to teach you. I knew you had the potential to be more, so much more. I could see greatness in you.”

Although it's still going to take a little more for me to view him as a variable love interest for Juliette, I am starting to see the Aaron Warner appeal and hopefully, it just gets better from here. Especially considering it's obvious the author planned to make Juliette + Warner canon from the jump considering that in all their scenes in this book, their chemistry is off the charts.

The way Aaron calls her "love" all the time melts my heart every time. And this quote from him was everything:

“...I want to know how to convince you to design a smile just for me.”

I want to be clear that while I am warming up to Warner, I hold no ill intent toward Adam. I just feel like her relationship with Adam isn't honest; she was never comfortable sharing her past with him like she is with Warner. I don't hate him or dislike him. Quite frankly I feel like Adam’s feelings throughout this whole book were justified.

I felt the ending created a great set-up for the next book. I will definitely be continuing.

(also, I just wanted to add a little note about Castle. I feel like his behavior throughout the entire book was also justified especially in regards to Juliette. She really can be too self-involved sometimes and thinks she can do no wrong because of how passive she is. Like girl, no!)

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rokinjaguar's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Super entertaining. Not written particularly well and it was pretty slow at times, but I had fun. :) I adore Kenji. Juliette needs an adult. Adam, you gotta chill. Oh man, if I had

two brothers who hated each other but were desperately in love with me

I would simply go away. Way too much drama.

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graceev's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3.5

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deedee1990's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

There were many twists and turns… some that made me want to yeet my book across the room. I was invested!! 🤣

You are on a rollercoaster and I started the book hating one of the characters to really being on their team by the end!

It ends on such a cliffhanger so can’t wait to continue the series!

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psydneigh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-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

Definitely recommend reading novella 1.5 before this one. I hated how quickly they expected Juliette to adjust without genuinely trying to ease her into her new surroundings. The supreme’s identity was mind blowing. On to the next one!

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samara__don's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Dude this was such a good book. Literally love Kenji. The way Warner cares about Juliette <3.

Also when he was kidnapped and they had their little chatsssss</spolier>. Adam started to get on my nerves lol.

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