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laurenlanz 's review for:
Defy Me
by Tahereh Mafi
2.5 stars
You can only milk a story so much before it runs dry. I’m not sure how we’re getting yet another book in this world.
“It's not insane to imagine that sometimes even horrible people are searching for a way out of their own darkness.”
So yes, I am one of those people who think the Shatter Me series should have remained a trilogy. The plot of this book felt like Tahereh Mafi was picking at the few remaining loose ends and scraps of her story in attempt at creating another book.
Kenji, Winston and Brendan are the only characters I could care to see more of. The scenes where they were present in Defy Me were the ones that had me the most engaged.
As for the actual plot, if you couldn’t already tell- I was severely disappointed. There isn’t much else to say about plot besides the fact that it was underwhelming in its attempts at grandeur.
It's really a shame, considering how much I loved some of the other instalments to the Shatter Me series. I wanted to love Defy Me just as much, and being let down by one of my beloved series was saddening.
“Happiness does not happen. Happiness must be uncovered, separated from the skin of pain. It must be claimed. Kept close. Protected.”
Let me just say this to all of you who have read this far into the series:
If Winston doesn’t confess his love to Brendan in Imagine Me, I will feel
S h o c k e d
B e t r a y e d
C h e a t e d
R o b b e d
You can only milk a story so much before it runs dry. I’m not sure how we’re getting yet another book in this world.
“It's not insane to imagine that sometimes even horrible people are searching for a way out of their own darkness.”
So yes, I am one of those people who think the Shatter Me series should have remained a trilogy. The plot of this book felt like Tahereh Mafi was picking at the few remaining loose ends and scraps of her story in attempt at creating another book.
Kenji, Winston and Brendan are the only characters I could care to see more of. The scenes where they were present in Defy Me were the ones that had me the most engaged.
As for the actual plot, if you couldn’t already tell- I was severely disappointed. There isn’t much else to say about plot besides the fact that it was underwhelming in its attempts at grandeur.
It's really a shame, considering how much I loved some of the other instalments to the Shatter Me series. I wanted to love Defy Me just as much, and being let down by one of my beloved series was saddening.
“Happiness does not happen. Happiness must be uncovered, separated from the skin of pain. It must be claimed. Kept close. Protected.”
Let me just say this to all of you who have read this far into the series:
If Winston doesn’t confess his love to Brendan in Imagine Me, I will feel
S h o c k e d
B e t r a y e d
C h e a t e d
R o b b e d