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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
3.0
"books are easily destroyed but words will live as long as people can remember"
Rating: 3/5 ⭐
Opinions:
*What I like:
I have been wanting to read this book for a while because of the buzz and how the book looks, so neat and flexible, along with the cover. It made me curious “why does it call 'Shatter Me’? The cover showed a beautiful blue eye with the outlines of a forest as eyelashes, tears as waterfall and beautiful sea blue eyes that saw sadness throughout?”
I love the cover and the description of the book, as it doesn't say a lot of what's going to happen.
When I started reading the book, it was very beautiful. I love the writing style of the author and how she created realistic characters with each individual personality and preference making them more human. I swear, I never thought that some authors could write a character such as Warner or Kenji! I especially was so surprised by Warner’s. It gave life and danger into the story.
He’s like the bad guy but at the same time not!
I don't know with everyone else but I fell for that guy bad, even if I still have no knowledge of his past, which I’m so excited to know in the novellas along with the rest of the series.
I love the men that Taherah Mafi created but Juliette? Well, I would give her a 5/10. She had a lot of shit that went through her life and that's pretty understandable, she's strong, caring and careful but afraid, naïve, and just...man, she makes me want to pull my hair out of my scalp. If I had read this book in the beginning of my teenage years I would have supported her and cry for her and say “oh gosh I wish I could be in there for her and help her..” but now “Go woman up, little girl! Life’s harsh! Deal it with!” (Sorry too harsh 😂)
Alas I won't judge her too soon, as there are 3 more books to read in the series and hopefully she becomes more stronger.
What I think about everything from the beginning to the end? Well, it was slow then hell, then hell, then hell, then again HELL, then boom of logic, then hell, then….you got the picture. In short it was a CARZY RIDE. I pretty much had mixed feelings about it and then boom 10 or less chapters before the end, it was mind blowing!!
I truly never expected this to even turnout!
Truly this is gave out an unexpected event. And I was like, “X-MEN?!”
Truly, I had a moment of déjà vu when she and the three boys entered Omega Point. If I could describe it, I would say it's Ruth discovering another hope for herself when she escaped from Magnito to be welcomed into Charles’ hopeful and safe world to acknowledge that she's not alone.
What I don't like about the book:
Although I had fun reading this, there are still things that I don't like.
I had expected for this book to talk about a girl who doesn't appreciate her gifts, thinks of it as something bad for her then she would find herself throughout the hell hole on her own.
And I was disappointed that it turned out to be something out of every novel, a girl finding love and that man frees her.
I'm all about women power. I don't mean for it to be a bad read, I enjoyed it but I had expectations and the excitement dropped.
Though I continued reading it, hoping at least something different might happen.
Then it did!
But, unfortunately I still won't give this a 5/5 🌟 because it's more of a naïve love story than a dystopian search of self-improvement and acceptance.
Alas, I will still continue with the series to know more and see where this goes.
Rating: 3/5 ⭐
Opinions:
*What I like:
I have been wanting to read this book for a while because of the buzz and how the book looks, so neat and flexible, along with the cover. It made me curious “why does it call 'Shatter Me’? The cover showed a beautiful blue eye with the outlines of a forest as eyelashes, tears as waterfall and beautiful sea blue eyes that saw sadness throughout?”
I love the cover and the description of the book, as it doesn't say a lot of what's going to happen.
When I started reading the book, it was very beautiful. I love the writing style of the author and how she created realistic characters with each individual personality and preference making them more human. I swear, I never thought that some authors could write a character such as Warner or Kenji! I especially was so surprised by Warner’s. It gave life and danger into the story.
He’s like the bad guy but at the same time not!
I don't know with everyone else but I fell for that guy bad, even if I still have no knowledge of his past, which I’m so excited to know in the novellas along with the rest of the series.
I love the men that Taherah Mafi created but Juliette? Well, I would give her a 5/10. She had a lot of shit that went through her life and that's pretty understandable, she's strong, caring and careful but afraid, naïve, and just...man, she makes me want to pull my hair out of my scalp. If I had read this book in the beginning of my teenage years I would have supported her and cry for her and say “oh gosh I wish I could be in there for her and help her..” but now “Go woman up, little girl! Life’s harsh! Deal it with!” (Sorry too harsh 😂)
Alas I won't judge her too soon, as there are 3 more books to read in the series and hopefully she becomes more stronger.
What I think about everything from the beginning to the end? Well, it was slow then hell, then hell, then hell, then again HELL, then boom of logic, then hell, then….you got the picture. In short it was a CARZY RIDE. I pretty much had mixed feelings about it and then boom 10 or less chapters before the end, it was mind blowing!!
I truly never expected this to even turnout!
Truly this is gave out an unexpected event. And I was like, “X-MEN?!”
Truly, I had a moment of déjà vu when she and the three boys entered Omega Point. If I could describe it, I would say it's Ruth discovering another hope for herself when she escaped from Magnito to be welcomed into Charles’ hopeful and safe world to acknowledge that she's not alone.
What I don't like about the book:
Although I had fun reading this, there are still things that I don't like.
I had expected for this book to talk about a girl who doesn't appreciate her gifts, thinks of it as something bad for her then she would find herself throughout the hell hole on her own.
And I was disappointed that it turned out to be something out of every novel, a girl finding love and that man frees her.
I'm all about women power. I don't mean for it to be a bad read, I enjoyed it but I had expectations and the excitement dropped.
Though I continued reading it, hoping at least something different might happen.
Then it did!
But, unfortunately I still won't give this a 5/5 🌟 because it's more of a naïve love story than a dystopian search of self-improvement and acceptance.
Alas, I will still continue with the series to know more and see where this goes.