Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: November 15, 2011
Pages: 228
Source: purchased
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Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.Juliette
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 color.
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
Shatter Me just blew me away.
You can read about my thoughts on the cover HERE.
This book reminds me a lot like Rogue from XMan.
That is not necessarily a bad thing.
I love Rogue and to hear Juliette who has the same power as Rogue is definitely
a twist on how I see the power. Juliette
is so independent and clever; I know I would have probably gone crazy in an
asylum but she seems to keep it together.
There is one thing that I didn’t truly understand. Before reading this novel, I knew there was
going to be a love triangle. I was ready
for one. Are you Team Adam or Team
Warner? But upon reading this book, I
don’t understand why anyone is Team Warner.
There is a sequel so it might be further explained in that book. But Warner is obsessed with her power, not in
love with her. As of right now, I am not
choosing sides because I don’t really care for my choices so I’ll get back to
you on that. However, this is the exact
point I am trying to make. This is what
the book is doing to me. It is making me
question sides. It is making me question
everything.
Mafi’s plot is so interwoven with twists and turns that I am
constantly questioning what is going on.
Her writing is genius. Juliette,
in first person, was a perfect way to go but that’s not all. The entire thing is written in stream of
consciousness and you have words and phrases crossed out, Juliette second
guessing herself. I haven’t read a book
in stream of consciousness in a while and to be fully immersed in the work is
something I truly loved. Oh, and Mafi
has a way with her figurative language.
I just couldn’t even… I don’t even know what to say, Mafi is a fantastic
writer and I can’t wait to read more works from her.
Compared to the entire book, the ending was a little
disappointing. There is a sequel, so I
will definitely be diving into that one as soon as I can. Throughout the entire book, I was jumping up
and down, out of my seat, constant action and then I felt like the book was
like my exercise routine. I start out on
the treadmill a little quicker than I should, get the work out part out of the
way, and then cool down. No book needs a
cool down. I was ready for the ultimate
cliffhanger, which there was but it wasn’t a very oh-my-gosh cliffhanger. The cliffhanger didn’t hit me as hard because
Mafi was putting us through a cool down.
Overall, this book is one of my favorites. If you haven’t read this one yet, you need to
go get a copy and dive in. This is one
book that you do not want to miss. If
you love dystopian, XMen, or even
figurative language, you are going to fall in love with Shatter Me just like I did.
“I’ve been locked up for 264 days.”-Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Rated PG-13 for excessive touching (ironic, right?), violent scenes, blood and gore, and incredible action sequences.
Cover: 4
Characters: 5
Writing Style: 5
Plot: 5
Ending: 4
Overall:
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I also really liked this book. The action was so well paced.
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