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A review by maddspaige
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
4.0
4 ⭐️
When I first starting reading I was close to DNF’ing this book due to the style of writing in the first quarter, but I’m glad I kept reading. It became clear soon that the earlier writing was meant to be Juliette’s thoughts while being detained in the cell, where she was going a bit crazy, and as she was released and given more of a humane existence, the language on the page was clearer and less crazed. The artistic choice in this ended up being enjoyable, like I was properly in Juliette’s mind the whole book.
As for the characters, Juliette is an enjoyable character to be reading as. She is inherently good but with a touch of darkness if she gets angry, and her hatred of herself at the start of the book morphing into more acceptance by the end with the help of others is fascinating to see.
Adam is a character that I’m still confused with. He is very kind and protective of Juliette, and has been nothing but loving, caring and an overall good person, but there’s something about him that I can’t pinpoint that makes me think he’s hiding something. I guess I’ll have to wait until the next book.
Warner is one of the most evil characters I’ve read in my opinion. Seeing a typical scary villain is normal, but Warner is evil while thinking it’s for the greater good, and that he actually has love for Juliette, while manipulating and forcing her to do things she doesn’t want to do. I thought originally that Warner was gonna have a redemption arc somewhere, and I still possibly do, but after the scene with the toddler, it’s going to be incredibly hard for him to redeem himself and come back.
Oh and also, maybe unpopular opinion, but I don’t care for Juliette and Adam together. In fact, the chemistry (or should I say electricity) with the Brandon guy in the movement was better and they met once. Enough said.
When I first starting reading I was close to DNF’ing this book due to the style of writing in the first quarter, but I’m glad I kept reading. It became clear soon that the earlier writing was meant to be Juliette’s thoughts while being detained in the cell, where she was going a bit crazy, and as she was released and given more of a humane existence, the language on the page was clearer and less crazed. The artistic choice in this ended up being enjoyable, like I was properly in Juliette’s mind the whole book.
As for the characters, Juliette is an enjoyable character to be reading as. She is inherently good but with a touch of darkness if she gets angry, and her hatred of herself at the start of the book morphing into more acceptance by the end with the help of others is fascinating to see.
Adam is a character that I’m still confused with. He is very kind and protective of Juliette, and has been nothing but loving, caring and an overall good person, but there’s something about him that I can’t pinpoint that makes me think he’s hiding something. I guess I’ll have to wait until the next book.
Warner is one of the most evil characters I’ve read in my opinion. Seeing a typical scary villain is normal, but Warner is evil while thinking it’s for the greater good, and that he actually has love for Juliette, while manipulating and forcing her to do things she doesn’t want to do. I thought originally that Warner was gonna have a redemption arc somewhere, and I still possibly do, but after the scene with the toddler, it’s going to be incredibly hard for him to redeem himself and come back.
Oh and also, maybe unpopular opinion, but I don’t care for Juliette and Adam together. In fact, the chemistry (or should I say electricity) with the Brandon guy in the movement was better and they met once. Enough said.