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A review by shaun_trinh
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
4.0
This was actually a lot more enjoyable then I thought it was going to be, and you wanna know why? This book barely had any plot and it was the best choice this author could have made. Don't get me wrong there was some structure in the sense that there was an end goal being worked towards (the revived rebellion), but really this book was just for character and relationship building and im here for it!
Now I have fallen for the Warner propaganda, I actually do love their relationship. Once he stopped being a Nevel dopplganger you can see he actually a pretty interesting character. While I don't agree with all the choices made for this character, I think he's one of the strongest parts of Ignite Me. He definetly felt more humanized and fleshed out with him being a focal point for the entirety of the book. I really enjoy his relationship with Juliet and felt it was earned and not just thrown at us now that Adam is pretty much out of the picture. With that said and i'll get more into this later, him talking down on Juliet for having negative assumptions about him based off of how he treated her and his men was ridiculous. ALSO why in the hell is the Hayden Christensen such a popular fancast? That man is not an actual blonde!!!!!!!
Juliet, thank the lord almighty she has become a tolerable character. She was one of the most embarassing main characters, if not THE most embarassing main characters I've ever had to read. But for all of our sakes, the author has made her a capable human being. Her actions make more sense. She does things. She stands up for herself. She has rational thoughts. However I just had to stop reading and laugh when at the start of the book Juliet said that she should be the one to lead the rebellion and that she's the most fit. Im sorry, what? Did we not read the same books? I need someone to point to a singular thing in Unravel Me that shows that Juliet is a capable leader. The girl couldn't even lead herself with dignity, how is she supposed to lead a rebellion? But while comedically dumb, I will take this Juliet any day of the week over Juliet from Shatter Me and Unravel Me.
On a better note though, I thought her conversation with Kenji starting at 243 was pretty powerful. Her venting about how she's never felt like she's had a real choice in her life, that she felt less then human, and shackled herself to the asylum and to a position of victimhood because of her powers. It was nice to finally see Juliet express herself in such a moving way/
Kenji, love him. Love his friendship with Juliet. Funny. Usually does no wrong.
Adam, so now I know why I have never seen a crumb of a piece of fanart for this man. He was an asshole this entire book, but I also can't blame him for that. I'd be pretty pissed about everything too. Though Juliet should have knocked him on his ass at least once. He seemed to come around more at the end. The situation with him Warner, and James went a lot better then I thought it would.
Now something that I briefly alluded too before, the first quarter of this book can be labled "The Gaslighting Of Juliet" because why were both of her love interests (Warner and Adam) gaslighting the fuck out of her??? First it was Warner acting like it's weird and wrong for Juliet to have a Negative impression and understanding of him. Yes a lot of his actions turned out to have reasoning for them, but that doesn't make all of them right or okay. Also everything he brought up doesn't change the terms in which he brought Juliet into the Reestablishment. Terrible experience so no shit everything you did to her and the people around her spoiled her perspective of him. Next Adam, this boy really tried to convince Juliet and the audience that she had it so much better being stuck in that Asylum then citiziens....huh....like it was some sort of privllege to be there in comparisson. Now don't get me wrong they're both terrible experiences with different struggles, so lets not comapre, cuz if we did I'm not liking the chances of Adam winning the opression olympics here.
Now to actualy story/plot stuff. I found a lot of Juliets rise to leadership and action sequences in the climax to be pretty, laughable. Again I don't know why any of her friends followed her into a leadership role when they all have seen how incapable she is. The climax felt pretty underwhelming. The blonde boy who looks "vaguley familiar" in the climax, I assume is another kid of Anderson and therefore Warner, Adam, and James` brother. So what we can take away from this entire book is that Anderson is the blue print for Nick Cannon.
Overall had a much better and enjoyable experience with this book. Critically it's not all that but entertainment wise and compared to what I've endured before this was a much needed upgrade. 4 purley for entertainment value and the character work the author was able to get done.
Now I have fallen for the Warner propaganda, I actually do love their relationship. Once he stopped being a Nevel dopplganger you can see he actually a pretty interesting character. While I don't agree with all the choices made for this character, I think he's one of the strongest parts of Ignite Me. He definetly felt more humanized and fleshed out with him being a focal point for the entirety of the book. I really enjoy his relationship with Juliet and felt it was earned and not just thrown at us now that Adam is pretty much out of the picture. With that said and i'll get more into this later, him talking down on Juliet for having negative assumptions about him based off of how he treated her and his men was ridiculous. ALSO why in the hell is the Hayden Christensen such a popular fancast? That man is not an actual blonde!!!!!!!
Juliet, thank the lord almighty she has become a tolerable character. She was one of the most embarassing main characters, if not THE most embarassing main characters I've ever had to read. But for all of our sakes, the author has made her a capable human being. Her actions make more sense. She does things. She stands up for herself. She has rational thoughts. However I just had to stop reading and laugh when at the start of the book Juliet said that she should be the one to lead the rebellion and that she's the most fit. Im sorry, what? Did we not read the same books? I need someone to point to a singular thing in Unravel Me that shows that Juliet is a capable leader. The girl couldn't even lead herself with dignity, how is she supposed to lead a rebellion? But while comedically dumb, I will take this Juliet any day of the week over Juliet from Shatter Me and Unravel Me.
On a better note though, I thought her conversation with Kenji starting at 243 was pretty powerful. Her venting about how she's never felt like she's had a real choice in her life, that she felt less then human, and shackled herself to the asylum and to a position of victimhood because of her powers. It was nice to finally see Juliet express herself in such a moving way/
Kenji, love him. Love his friendship with Juliet. Funny. Usually does no wrong.
Adam, so now I know why I have never seen a crumb of a piece of fanart for this man. He was an asshole this entire book, but I also can't blame him for that. I'd be pretty pissed about everything too. Though Juliet should have knocked him on his ass at least once. He seemed to come around more at the end. The situation with him Warner, and James went a lot better then I thought it would.
Now something that I briefly alluded too before, the first quarter of this book can be labled "The Gaslighting Of Juliet" because why were both of her love interests (Warner and Adam) gaslighting the fuck out of her??? First it was Warner acting like it's weird and wrong for Juliet to have a Negative impression and understanding of him. Yes a lot of his actions turned out to have reasoning for them, but that doesn't make all of them right or okay. Also everything he brought up doesn't change the terms in which he brought Juliet into the Reestablishment. Terrible experience so no shit everything you did to her and the people around her spoiled her perspective of him. Next Adam, this boy really tried to convince Juliet and the audience that she had it so much better being stuck in that Asylum then citiziens....huh....like it was some sort of privllege to be there in comparisson. Now don't get me wrong they're both terrible experiences with different struggles, so lets not comapre, cuz if we did I'm not liking the chances of Adam winning the opression olympics here.
Now to actualy story/plot stuff. I found a lot of Juliets rise to leadership and action sequences in the climax to be pretty, laughable. Again I don't know why any of her friends followed her into a leadership role when they all have seen how incapable she is. The climax felt pretty underwhelming. The blonde boy who looks "vaguley familiar" in the climax, I assume is another kid of Anderson and therefore Warner, Adam, and James` brother. So what we can take away from this entire book is that Anderson is the blue print for Nick Cannon.
Overall had a much better and enjoyable experience with this book. Critically it's not all that but entertainment wise and compared to what I've endured before this was a much needed upgrade. 4 purley for entertainment value and the character work the author was able to get done.