Book: 1st in the Shatter Me Series
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Pages: 338
Rating: ✭✭✭✭
Goodreads Summary: Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong colour.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior. (Goodreads Summary)
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong colour.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior. (Goodreads Summary)
Review:
I loved the way Tahereh Mafi wrote this book! It was truly a very unique style. Shatter Me is written from the protagonist, Juliette's, point of view. Throughout this book, Juliette crosses out certain sentences or words and replaces them with others. I loved this because it helped me get a deeper understanding of her character and also added to the reading experience. This book is also written in a very poetic way and although it did get a little annoying sometimes, it was very interesting to read.
I admit this book is a very cheesy, typical YA novel. It has an unconfident leading female who in reality is gorgeous, a bigger organization that tortures innocent's to gain power and eventually take over the world and of coarse, a love triangle. Even though this book was a cheesy YA novel, it didn't annoy me. Maybe because of how the story was written or maybe because this book is so captivating, but something about this book made me want to keep reading!
The only thing about this book that annoyed me and made me give it 4 stars instead of 5, was how perfectly everything worked out for Juliette. I mean, two guys, both handsome and completely obsessed with Juliette, are able to touch her while everyone else dies when they do. How convenient is that?
Besides that one point, I enjoyed this book a lot! It was beautifully written and I loved the metaphors! I'll definitely be reading the next book in this series! I recommend this book to anyone who likes romantic, dystopian YA novels and I'll be sure to give it a 4 star rating on Goodreads.
Happy Reading! ❤
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