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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
1.0
It physically pained me to finish this book. This was not what I expected. This is the book which shows the desolate, cold and bleak part of life. Thats the vibe I got. And I am not a fan of this vibe. This book doesn't have warmth. And I read books for it to give me warmth.
I tried to like this book, really trust me. I really tried but I couldn't stand it anymore so I had to skim through most of it, reading only the important part. Seriously if, there wasn't so much repetition, then this wouldn't have been so boring and it would be pretty short book. This book is filled with unnecessary poetic description of simple things. Now, I understand the author is trying to write in a poetic way, and she did it but she overdosed a little. She could have just said she flustered instead she goes ahead and says that she is dripping red painting on the floor. And there's many more like this.
This is completely subjective. You might like this book but I think you should know what you are getting yourself into before diving deep into it and getting disappointed -
- If you think you will get to see Warnette, then you are completely wrong. This book will give you Adam and not Warner. 😔
- This book has too much repetition. If you have the patience and have a long attention span, then go for it. 👀
- Half of the book is spent with Juliette dealing with her own mental conflicts. ðŸ’
- This is overhyped. The plot is simple, nothing extraordinary. ☕
- It's a little bit dark with all the plot themes, so do check trigger warnings like mention of death, torture, manipulating, etc. 🌚
I was listening to the audiobook of this. The narrator has a nice voice and soothing. But the voice of Aaron, done by the same narrator of Juliette. Which is why I can't take anything seriously. He is funny without even trying. Whatever he says, it makes me laugh so much. His voice is so dramatic.
The way he changes colour like a chameleon amuses me. It's like he has two personalities. One time, he is shooting a bullet through someone's head, and the next time, he is telling Juliette to eat more because she feels dizzy from not eating enough. It's funny, tho. I can't take this whole Reestablishment seriously 😂
It is so unbelievable to me that I am finding it funny.
Adam was the person you meet first in this book, and he is the first person who shows kindness to Juliette. Which makes her obsessed with him. That's understandable since getting locked up for almost an year, makes her lose her mind. She hadn't made contact with people for years because of her lethal touch, so since the time she found out that
I don't know what to feel about this ship since I was looking for more Warnette and not Adam moment. Adam is nice, so can't shit talk about him, whereas Warner is a bit cruel(!?) not directly to Juliette but to other people, that took me really by surprise. Then again, life is cruel itself, which is why this book screams reality. I read books to escape from reality, so let's say I was not really fond of it.
Warner manipulates Juliette a lot in this books, he keeps saying she will enjoy torturing people, whereas she doesn't want to do that. She doesn't want to become a monster like Warner, who kills people without feeling remorse.
In this book, Juliette is very, very fragile, not that I am shaming her for it, but if she really wants to survive, then she has to step up her game, but instead, she wants to die. She has suicidal tendencies in this book, and Warner offers her a luxurious life to get out of her miserable life and fight the world with him who has hurt her. But she doesn't want to do that.
Conclusion, I am going to continue this series until Ignite Me, since I already bought the paperback of it and I don't want it to go to waste. If I see any character development from both of them, I might continue to finish the full series.