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A review by jujelly
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
3.0
[2.85]
so i finally tackled this. to be honest: with how everyone is raving about a certain blonde guy and about this long ass series, i can admit that i'm more than intrigued what leverage exactly this aaron warner guy holds over everybody.
now, i've heard from people to stick with the first two books because only then does it really pick up. having finished this, i can definitely see why.
aaron is a delirious, delusional and disturbing psychopath. no amount of good looks can really convince me of anybody staking a claim like that, while simultaneously trying to highkey manipulate me into thinking the place beside them is the only where i'll be truly accepted. yuck.
now, as an antagonist, aaron warner is really convincing me a lot. that guy is unhinged and obsessed, and he will stop at nothing. and to be honest, as a villain, i do think it's very...crazy. i'm a simple girl, though, villainous do be hot.
on a more serious note - i'm skeptical about how smooth this transition will be from hated and feared to loved, when...juliette and adam seem to be very lovey-dovey?
also, okay, i don't want to really hate on this specific bit, but this is walking a really fine line of bordering on insta-love with a little bit of backstory. i get it. i do, the backstory kind of convinces me a little about the undying love they suddenly have for each other, but i also think that a lot is influenced by the fact they were both outcasts, and that they can touch each other (at least for juliette).
but what do i know, i wasn't ever touch-starved so i can't quite relate there.
now, juliette. well. what do i say about her. i can't quite figure her out. i found her very interesting in the beginning, because it's been a long while since i've read from the perspective of a cautious, anxious girl like that who doesn't seem to have her thoughts in order.
i dislike the very sudden change of hers by the end, in which she suddenly feels comfortable in her skin, when in the beginning she was so vehemently convinced there's something wrong with her. of course, i expect there to be this change sometime along the way, but the transition from this to that was a little quite sudden with random sudden outbursts of anger that wasn't seen to be possessed before? i don't know.
i understand it's very hard to do, so i'm not minding too much.
adam is interesting. i like him, he has shown to have a purpose in this entire thing, he is primarily the person driving everything forward, which i find sad, because it shoudn't be the love-interest doing so. so i think in that department, it is lacking the actual realness or the actual depth of people and of the world.
speaking of the world - so the earth is dying, there's the government being disgusting and a rebel group fighting against it.
that's pretty standard dystopian. it's been all very info-dumpy, though. i also kind of don't really like the entire 'there's more of us out here and you're okay' and juliette just being like 'ok, hi, i'm gonna joke around about it now!!! even though i have so much trauma about it!!!' - juliette does NOT seem like the joke around type.
kenji does, though, and the fact him and everybody KEEP CALLING her sexy and hot makes me uncomfortable. it also makes me uncomfy that they're all 17 and alking like that? and aaron is 19?? AS A 25 YEAR OLD THAT'S YUCK.
also -- people have been saying the writing style is annoying, and while i can see why it would be, i don't mind it at all. i think the metaphors are a bit excessive but i like some of them. the crossed out bits are interesting. generally, it's all not the worst i've read, so i can deal with it.
in any way, i'm intrigued to see where this entire thing with warner is going, so i'll be reading on. (only have the first two book with me currently on vacation, so can't read any more than that for now)
so i finally tackled this. to be honest: with how everyone is raving about a certain blonde guy and about this long ass series, i can admit that i'm more than intrigued what leverage exactly this aaron warner guy holds over everybody.
now, i've heard from people to stick with the first two books because only then does it really pick up. having finished this, i can definitely see why.
aaron is a delirious, delusional and disturbing psychopath. no amount of good looks can really convince me of anybody staking a claim like that, while simultaneously trying to highkey manipulate me into thinking the place beside them is the only where i'll be truly accepted. yuck.
now, as an antagonist, aaron warner is really convincing me a lot. that guy is unhinged and obsessed, and he will stop at nothing. and to be honest, as a villain, i do think it's very...crazy. i'm a simple girl, though, villainous do be hot.
on a more serious note - i'm skeptical about how smooth this transition will be from hated and feared to loved, when...juliette and adam seem to be very lovey-dovey?
also, okay, i don't want to really hate on this specific bit, but this is walking a really fine line of bordering on insta-love with a little bit of backstory. i get it. i do, the backstory kind of convinces me a little about the undying love they suddenly have for each other, but i also think that a lot is influenced by the fact they were both outcasts, and that they can touch each other (at least for juliette).
but what do i know, i wasn't ever touch-starved so i can't quite relate there.
now, juliette. well. what do i say about her. i can't quite figure her out. i found her very interesting in the beginning, because it's been a long while since i've read from the perspective of a cautious, anxious girl like that who doesn't seem to have her thoughts in order.
i dislike the very sudden change of hers by the end, in which she suddenly feels comfortable in her skin, when in the beginning she was so vehemently convinced there's something wrong with her. of course, i expect there to be this change sometime along the way, but the transition from this to that was a little quite sudden with random sudden outbursts of anger that wasn't seen to be possessed before? i don't know.
i understand it's very hard to do, so i'm not minding too much.
adam is interesting. i like him, he has shown to have a purpose in this entire thing, he is primarily the person driving everything forward, which i find sad, because it shoudn't be the love-interest doing so. so i think in that department, it is lacking the actual realness or the actual depth of people and of the world.
speaking of the world - so the earth is dying, there's the government being disgusting and a rebel group fighting against it.
that's pretty standard dystopian. it's been all very info-dumpy, though. i also kind of don't really like the entire 'there's more of us out here and you're okay' and juliette just being like 'ok, hi, i'm gonna joke around about it now!!! even though i have so much trauma about it!!!' - juliette does NOT seem like the joke around type.
kenji does, though, and the fact him and everybody KEEP CALLING her sexy and hot makes me uncomfortable. it also makes me uncomfy that they're all 17 and alking like that? and aaron is 19?? AS A 25 YEAR OLD THAT'S YUCK.
also -- people have been saying the writing style is annoying, and while i can see why it would be, i don't mind it at all. i think the metaphors are a bit excessive but i like some of them. the crossed out bits are interesting. generally, it's all not the worst i've read, so i can deal with it.
in any way, i'm intrigued to see where this entire thing with warner is going, so i'll be reading on. (only have the first two book with me currently on vacation, so can't read any more than that for now)