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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
2.5.
Better than the first. Still nothing to write home about.
Oh except for Kenji. I love Kenji, and I wish he was the main character...
Better than the first. Still nothing to write home about.
Oh except for Kenji. I love Kenji, and I wish he was the main character...
challenging
dark
sad
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
sad
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Literally Juliette only got less insufferable in her scenes and dialogue with Warner. Every other interaction (ESPECIALLY FUCKING ADAM) makes me want to stab myself in the throat.
First of all: Adam and Aaron? BROTHERS?
Bro. That was a plot twist I literally did not see coming AT ALL but I thought it was an absolutely hilarious turn of events because all Juliette has been doing this entire book has been crying about how Adam is sooo perfect and so full of good when it turns out that he literally shares 50% dna with Aaron. That KILLLLS MEEE.
Furthermore, I think that Aaron's new power that was discovered is a great opposite of Adam and I love it. Adam has been irritating the shit out of me this entire book so honestly great way to stick it to him.
Love how Anderson is just a straight up dilf, did NOT see that one coming but love it (he is actually mental though and that man needs to be put down). Hopefully we get Brendan and Winston back. I will shed an actual tear if Winston dies, man.
Silently praying we get to see some Kenji romance because I swear to god that man is a gift from whatever they worship in that book. I love him, he is PERFECT. PLEASE tell me there is a romance with him and somebody else (asking for a friend ofc..).
This book took me a bit longer to finish than the first one so for that I'm going to give it 3/5, especially because Juliette was especially insufferable in this one but I guess after getting literally kaplowed in the chest she's in her vigilante era.
Aaron is so hot, it hurts. That scene "I want these up, I want these down" OHHHH Aaron I will give you a child.
Anyways, that's all from me. xoxo
Bro. That was a plot twist I literally did not see coming AT ALL but I thought it was an absolutely hilarious turn of events because all Juliette has been doing this entire book has been crying about how Adam is sooo perfect and so full of good when it turns out that he literally shares 50% dna with Aaron. That KILLLLS MEEE.
Furthermore, I think that Aaron's new power that was discovered is a great opposite of Adam and I love it. Adam has been irritating the shit out of me this entire book so honestly great way to stick it to him.
Love how Anderson is just a straight up dilf, did NOT see that one coming but love it (he is actually mental though and that man needs to be put down). Hopefully we get Brendan and Winston back. I will shed an actual tear if Winston dies, man.
Silently praying we get to see some Kenji romance because I swear to god that man is a gift from whatever they worship in that book. I love him, he is PERFECT. PLEASE tell me there is a romance with him and somebody else (asking for a friend ofc..).
This book took me a bit longer to finish than the first one so for that I'm going to give it 3/5, especially because Juliette was especially insufferable in this one but I guess after getting literally kaplowed in the chest she's in her vigilante era.
Aaron is so hot, it hurts. That scene "I want these up, I want these down" OHHHH Aaron I will give you a child.
Anyways, that's all from me. xoxo
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I NEED to read the 3rd book right this second
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After reading Destroy Me and paying special attention to it in this book (Unravel Me), it is much more apparent that a lot of Juliette's narration is an intentional stylistic choice to show her progress from the girl who was shunned and avoided and who no one wanted to be around, to her isolation in the hospitals and the correction facilities, to her journey and evolution at Omega Point throughout this book. The writing is actually so incredibly brilliant for this and I think that being able to see Juliette's character growth from the very beginning, including her inner thoughts and reactions as well as how hard she is on herself more than anyone else, is a really interesting perspective for the reader to get.
I'm really looking forward to reading Fracture Me, which I believe will be from Adam's POV, since Juliette's narration is so unique and since Destroy Me (which was from Warner's POV) had its own voice too.
So. I can see that this probably the point in the series where the reader chooses if they'reTeam Adam or Team Warner , and I can appreciate the presence of two love interests and the choice that Juliette will inevitably have to make. However! I still don't trust Adam: he's been throwing up red flags for me from the first time he appeared on page in Shatter Me, and his character in this book did nothing but confirm my gut feeling. It did not escape my attention that in yet ANOTHER book, any time Juliette told Adam that she loved him, he said absolutely nothing back to her . In fact, the one and only time that Adam told Juliette that he loved her in this book was after they had already broken up because she needed to keep him safe and he refused to tell her that he could not touch her with no consequences after all. Sorry not sorry, but I genuinely feel like Adam is solely in lust with Juliette, not love. He spent any time they had together kissing her or touching her or telling her how good she felt, not actually talking to her or getting to know her or how she'd changed since he'd last seen her in school.
I thought that Castle and all of the other side characters at Omega Point were interesting additions to the series. I'm looking forward to getting more about Castle, but I really liked that Castle didn't bend the rules for Juliette, that he held her to the same expectations as everyone else living in the sanctuary that he'd spent years building. I feel like so often with the reluctant hero or heroine, everyone just gives them anything and everything for their journey, and so it was really refreshing to read a character like Castle who wouldn't give Juliette special treatment, and who treated her how she'd always wanted to be treated: just like everyone else. And I also liked that how from that push and from a lot of her interactions with Castle and Kenji, Juliette realized how much of a safety net Adam was for her and how much she'd been relying on him since he was the first modicum of kindness she'd received her whole life.
So. The whole 'Adam/Aaron are actually brothers ' plot twist...I honestly didn't mind it! In the grand scheme of ways that it could have been explained away by doing, having the same father and therefore sharing some of the same genes, I much prefer that as the reason that they can both touch Juliette without dying as opposed to some kind of love triangle, hand-wavey nonsense that's just 'oh well both of the love interests can touch her because she has feelings for both of them ', or whatever else any lesser author might have come up with.
Also, can I simply point out that as readers, we very rarely, if ever, get the 'who did this to you' from the FMC, and I loved it!! I felt like it also kind of balanced out the vulnerability that Juliette felt after learning that Warner had read her journal.
I. Am. Here. For. KENJI!! I swear to all of the everythings there are, if anything happens to that precious cinnamon roll of a man, I will be physically unwell. I love him, I love his friendship with Juliette, and I love the balance he struck this book between his authority/clearance/whatnot within Omega Point and the way he was trying to help Juliette adjust and give her as many answers as he could. I am so so glad that Kenji is not one of the love interests for Juliette, mostly because she deserves one friend who legitimately wants to be just a friend (and I'm also getting the vibe that Juliette is really really not Kenji's type) but even more so because I feel like it wouldn't even be a choice at that point and we'd all be Team Kenji!
Now. Chapter 62. That...that really should be the whole of my comment on that but. Alas, it's really not. That chapter ripped my freaking heart right out while I was crying all over it. It is very very rare for me to feel almost every emotion in one chapter but. Holy fucking shit, Tahereh Mafi was not messing around with that scene. And I really did feel everything from Juliette and Warner:the chemistry of their intimacy, the way Juliette got so lost in the kisses and the touches, the vulnerability of his confession and pure offering of everything he was from Warner, and then the absolutely devastating betrayal he felt when he thought she was mocking his feelings, and when she got so frustrated with herself for not being able to verbalize her thoughts the way she wanted to . Just. Oh my god, I think that's one of my favorite chapters of anything I've ever read.
Now, I do understand what everyone was talking about when they said that you could read the novellas after finishing the series, almost like companion texts, since the novellas don't spoil anything for the main novels BUT. I still think that they should be read as their number in the series is listed on here (so Shatter Me, then Destroy Me, Unravel Me, then Fracture Me, Ignite Me, and so on) because I think they add such a nuanced layer to the novels, by including additional perspectives to go alongside Juliette's first-person narration. I think that had I not read Destroy Me before reading this one, Warner having Juliette's journal and having sections memorized would not have made the same impact because I wouldn't have known his thoughts when he found it and how much it meant to him to read something that resonated so much with the parts of himself he feels he has to hide.
I'm officially hooked on this series, I'm fully locked in to what's happening to these characters, let's fucking go
I'm really looking forward to reading Fracture Me, which I believe will be from Adam's POV, since Juliette's narration is so unique and since Destroy Me (which was from Warner's POV) had its own voice too.
So. I can see that this probably the point in the series where the reader chooses if they're
I thought that Castle and all of the other side characters at Omega Point were interesting additions to the series. I'm looking forward to getting more about Castle, but I really liked that Castle didn't bend the rules for Juliette, that he held her to the same expectations as everyone else living in the sanctuary that he'd spent years building. I feel like so often with the reluctant hero or heroine, everyone just gives them anything and everything for their journey, and so it was really refreshing to read a character like Castle who wouldn't give Juliette special treatment, and who treated her how she'd always wanted to be treated: just like everyone else. And I also liked that how from that push and from a lot of her interactions with Castle and Kenji, Juliette realized how much of a safety net Adam was for her and how much she'd been relying on him since he was the first modicum of kindness she'd received her whole life.
So. The whole '
Also, can I simply point out that as readers, we very rarely, if ever, get the 'who did this to you' from the FMC, and I loved it!! I felt like it also kind of balanced out the vulnerability that Juliette felt after learning that Warner had read her journal.
I. Am. Here. For. KENJI!! I swear to all of the everythings there are, if anything happens to that precious cinnamon roll of a man, I will be physically unwell. I love him, I love his friendship with Juliette, and I love the balance he struck this book between his authority/clearance/whatnot within Omega Point and the way he was trying to help Juliette adjust and give her as many answers as he could. I am so so glad that Kenji is not one of the love interests for Juliette, mostly because she deserves one friend who legitimately wants to be just a friend (and I'm also getting the vibe that Juliette is really really not Kenji's type) but even more so because I feel like it wouldn't even be a choice at that point and we'd all be Team Kenji!
Now. Chapter 62. That...that really should be the whole of my comment on that but. Alas, it's really not. That chapter ripped my freaking heart right out while I was crying all over it. It is very very rare for me to feel almost every emotion in one chapter but. Holy fucking shit, Tahereh Mafi was not messing around with that scene. And I really did feel everything from Juliette and Warner:
Now, I do understand what everyone was talking about when they said that you could read the novellas after finishing the series, almost like companion texts, since the novellas don't spoil anything for the main novels BUT. I still think that they should be read as their number in the series is listed on here (so Shatter Me, then Destroy Me, Unravel Me, then Fracture Me, Ignite Me, and so on) because I think they add such a nuanced layer to the novels, by including additional perspectives to go alongside Juliette's first-person narration. I think that had I not read Destroy Me before reading this one, Warner having Juliette's journal and having sections memorized would not have made the same impact because I wouldn't have known his thoughts when he found it and how much it meant to him to read something that resonated so much with the parts of himself he feels he has to hide.
I'm officially hooked on this series, I'm fully locked in to what's happening to these characters, let's fucking go