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A review by book_bound
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
5.0
A spoilerly section, only because THIS IS THE LAST BOOK OF THE SHATTER ME SERIES.
Wow, this is the first trilogy that I have started and successfully finished in awhile.
That's when you know it's good, because I didn't drop the book mid-series.
I have to say Shatter Me, the first book, turned out to be my least favorite book, and honestly it took some pushing from others and my own tiny curiosity to continue with it. At first, I never had any feelings of "I'm-super-excited-to-see-what-happens-in-the-end." Yet, by the second book, the series did a complete 180 for me. Like I said in my previous reviews, when I normally drop a book mentally, I never pick up the following ones. However, my mom urged me to continue, and I am sure glad I did.
I was wholeheartedly proud for Juliette. She changed so much, and I can say I am content about the decisions she made (later on). I was only frustrated with her character in the first book, but little by little the readers grew up with her as she began learning and understanding herself. She went from whiny and pathetic to completely independent and confident. It was a sight to see.
What really hooked me into this series was the love interest, specifically Warner (of course). Their relationship was always foreshadowed, and I had to scratch that itch. I had to keep reading in order to finally see them together.
I do have a few critical comments to say about the plot, however. It seemed a bit anticlimactic to me. Most of the insane action, I believe, occurred at the end of book 2, sort of carried on into three and then leveled out quite a bit in this one. Also, the ending, I will admit, left a bit to be desired. I will warn all those future readers, that the ending is ambiguous. The characters' future is left unclear to us, but it gives us a possibility to imagine
Wow, this is the first trilogy that I have started and successfully finished in awhile.
That's when you know it's good, because I didn't drop the book mid-series.
I have to say Shatter Me, the first book, turned out to be my least favorite book, and honestly it took some pushing from others and my own tiny curiosity to continue with it. At first, I never had any feelings of "I'm-super-excited-to-see-what-happens-in-the-end." Yet, by the second book, the series did a complete 180 for me. Like I said in my previous reviews, when I normally drop a book mentally, I never pick up the following ones. However, my mom urged me to continue, and I am sure glad I did.
I was wholeheartedly proud for Juliette. She changed so much, and I can say I am content about the decisions she made (later on). I was only frustrated with her character in the first book, but little by little the readers grew up with her as she began learning and understanding herself. She went from whiny and pathetic to completely independent and confident. It was a sight to see.
What really hooked me into this series was the love interest, specifically Warner (of course). Their relationship was always foreshadowed, and I had to scratch that itch. I had to keep reading in order to finally see them together.
I do have a few critical comments to say about the plot, however. It seemed a bit anticlimactic to me. Most of the insane action, I believe, occurred at the end of book 2, sort of carried on into three and then leveled out quite a bit in this one. Also, the ending, I will admit, left a bit to be desired. I will warn all those future readers, that the ending is ambiguous. The characters' future is left unclear to us, but it gives us a possibility to imagine