
'Shatter Me' by Tahereh Mafi is a YA dystopian novel that follows the story of Juliette, a young woman with a mysterious power. Readers are taken on a journey through Juliette's mind, experiencing her thoughts and emotions firsthand. The plot revolves around Juliette's relationships with characters like Adam and Warner, as well as her discovery of the extent of her powers. The writing style is unique, with elements like crossed out thoughts and metaphors that add depth to the narrative.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Triggers for this book include themes of emotional abuse, physical abuse, and references to trauma.
Has Romance?
Romance is heavily present in Shatter Me, playing a central role in the plot and character motivations.
From The Publisher:
The gripping first installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series.
One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill.
No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon.
Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she's reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a strength she never knew she had.
And don't miss Defy Me, the shocking fifth book in the Shatter Me series!
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8 comment(s)
I was frustrated though the majority of this book. I hope Warner dies a slow painful death. The author wants us to believe that Juliette makes her own choice at the end after being denied that luxury throughout the book . But did she really? I am not interested in reading any more of the sequel right now.
writing style and characters
Shatter Me introduces us to Juliette who has been neglected for so long that she has withdrawn into herself in order to survive. Her touch is deadly and all she wants is to be accepted and loved. When we meet her, she's on her 264th day of solitary confinement. She's sleep deprived, half-starved nutritionally and mentally, and has an odd internal dialogue.
In fact, it's this odd dialogue that may turn-off some readers. I know my composition professors would
run out of red ink reviewing Mafi's writing find it very unique and interesting. Mafi's writing felt to me like a type of poetry. It followed her own rules of grammar and formatting. When looked at from that perspective, I was able to accept it
after giving my OCDemoness a Valium and ordering it to take a nap because it would have gone insane insane insane insane and enjoy the story.
While the Goodreads' blurb states this is
"a world as riveting as The Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men." I would disagree a bit. It is a riveting story, but not similar to
Hunger Games and while the idea of Juliet as a superhero is a thrilling idea it also isn't very comparable to
X-Men. Of course this is my opinion and others may disagree. If I had to choose another book or film with which to compare this book I would say: the first half reminded me a bit of [b:Ultraviolet|8843789|Ultraviolet|R.J. Anderson|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FTn94wBgL._SL75_.jpg|13718670] strictly because of the two characters' fear of their "abilities", the problems and shunning they have caused them while growing up, and their eventual realization that they are not alone. As for a film .... nothing comes to mind.
If you can manage to turn off your internal grammar checker - you will see repetitive words words words with no commas and bizarre analogies - and ignore the way the author uses
strikeouts as a way for Juliette to discourage certain thoughts while reading, I think you find this to be an interesting story. For me, it was a quick read; anytime I had to put it down I was anxious to return to it.
I enjoyed this book, but I felt that the ending was a little too drawn out especially since this is the first book of a trilogy.
The prose/writing style in this book was REALLY annoying, but the plot drew me in. The main character is an idiot. The romance is silly. There are lots of really weird and sexist moments. And then it ended like a sad version of X-Men. I honestly don't know why I still liked this book. Maybe I just needed to read some harmless fluff where the good beautiful guys win?
Stream of consciousness fantasy
It takes a while to get into. Suspenseful. Romance. Enemies to lovers.action.
Everything, all of the characters were so likeable every single one and I feel like more books need to be made like this!
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