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A review by samanthampg
Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi
3.0
This book took me way longer to finish than the rest of the entire series but I have finally conquered the beast.
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
This book fell into a similar formula as the others: slow build up with a really quick ending that left me wanting more. Except this is the last book so there is no more to get. I felt that we didn't get a lot of closure by the end which sucks because there was so many things I wanted to know about.
1. How are they going about saving the world? what's the new government look like? who is really in charge? What does the world look like now that Emmaline isn't keeping everybody in the dark?
2. Are Kenji and Nazeera going to have a real conversation about their emotions? Because they kissed once and then made googly eyes at each other the rest of the time and that's all we got
3. Where was the repercussions for Adam's actions hmmm???
Overall, I think this book was hard to get through because it felt like taking five steps back from the last two books of Juliette finding her strength (again) and Warner taking steps to heal the darkness inside of him. However, Juliette gets put right back where she started almost as soon as the book starts: Oceania, brainwashed. Warner reverts back to his asshole self and we hardly see him change at all by the end. He opens up a little to Kenji, but he was making good strides not just with Kenji but some of the other Commander kids so I was disappointed that he reverted back, not only that but we didn't get any Warner POV's until the end so it would've been nice to just see what he was thinking.
The Anderson/Juliette stuff made me wanna vomit but I do find it funny that he tried to rewire her brain again because she admitted she found him attractive and it bothered him. He was just being way too creepy, and she only liked the way he looked bc it reminded her of both of the boys she'd dated SO ... it was a dynamic and that's all I'm gonna say.
One little detail I loved was when Juliette was panicking, even in her brainwashed state, she would revert back to counting even if she didn't know why. It was clear that her time in isolation had not left her completely, but it was a reminder that she was a much different girl. She counted because she was panicked, but not because she needed it to survive. If she hadn't counted she would have been okay, but it calmed her faster. In isolation the counting was a source of survival. It was just nice to see where it all began coming into play in the end. Also the call back to stealing the notebook.
Mafi's writing is addicting, she has a way of compelling me to keep going ... most of the time. But damn does she LOVE an open ending. Everybody needs a fault, I suppose that might be hers.
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
This book fell into a similar formula as the others: slow build up with a really quick ending that left me wanting more. Except this is the last book so there is no more to get. I felt that we didn't get a lot of closure by the end which sucks because there was so many things I wanted to know about.
1. How are they going about saving the world? what's the new government look like? who is really in charge? What does the world look like now that Emmaline isn't keeping everybody in the dark?
2. Are Kenji and Nazeera going to have a real conversation about their emotions? Because they kissed once and then made googly eyes at each other the rest of the time and that's all we got
3. Where was the repercussions for Adam's actions hmmm???
Overall, I think this book was hard to get through because it felt like taking five steps back from the last two books of Juliette finding her strength (again) and Warner taking steps to heal the darkness inside of him. However, Juliette gets put right back where she started almost as soon as the book starts: Oceania, brainwashed. Warner reverts back to his asshole self and we hardly see him change at all by the end. He opens up a little to Kenji, but he was making good strides not just with Kenji but some of the other Commander kids so I was disappointed that he reverted back, not only that but we didn't get any Warner POV's until the end so it would've been nice to just see what he was thinking.
The Anderson/Juliette stuff made me wanna vomit but I do find it funny that he tried to rewire her brain again because she admitted she found him attractive and it bothered him. He was just being way too creepy, and she only liked the way he looked bc it reminded her of both of the boys she'd dated SO ... it was a dynamic and that's all I'm gonna say.
One little detail I loved was when Juliette was panicking, even in her brainwashed state, she would revert back to counting even if she didn't know why. It was clear that her time in isolation had not left her completely, but it was a reminder that she was a much different girl. She counted because she was panicked, but not because she needed it to survive. If she hadn't counted she would have been okay, but it calmed her faster. In isolation the counting was a source of survival. It was just nice to see where it all began coming into play in the end. Also the call back to stealing the notebook.
Mafi's writing is addicting, she has a way of compelling me to keep going ... most of the time. But damn does she LOVE an open ending. Everybody needs a fault, I suppose that might be hers.