I shall review this book later but I am too busy to do so now. But just know that this is probably my favorite book series ever. I have so much I wantI shall review this book later but I am too busy to do so now. But just know that this is probably my favorite book series ever. I have so much I want to say I do not know where to begin. I loved that Warner is the one she was supposed to end up with. I knew it. I knew it from the first book. I think part of the reason I liked Warner so much was because he reminded me a lot of my boyfriend who is studying at a college in a cadet core program (basically college ROTC). There were so many things that Warner said and did, and how he was so 'cold' in the first book, ti reminded me just of my boyfriend....more
I honestly did not expect to like this book. I had picked it up in the book store and read the back cover a few times bu (Warning: Spoilers are ahead)
I honestly did not expect to like this book. I had picked it up in the book store and read the back cover a few times but it just didn't give me that initiation appeal that a book normally does if I really, really like it. But boy, was I wrong! This book freakin blew me away. Mostly the writing and the characters.
I. Am. Stunned. Just. Stunned. Absolutely stunned. Holy Crappin-crap! It has been a while since I have read a book that good. I do not know where to begin. I honestly do not.
Tahereh Mafi, you are my new favorite author.
The idea for Shatter Me is unique for a dystopian fiction. It is about a girl that has this abnormal power to hurt anyone she touches... until Adam... and Warner who are both immune to her touch. The Reestablishment plans to use her as a weapon. This book does NOT disappoint. It is fast paced. Riveting. The plot actually goes somewhere. Every chapter something happens. There is NO lull. None what so ever. I was hooked from the first page. And it actually didn't annoy me that every other line was scratched out. I liked it. It was creative. Honest. Raw. I fell in love with this book. (I rarely fall in love with books, but this one had me head over hills). I would stay up at night when I know I should be sleeping and just thinking what was going to happen next to Warner or Adam or Juliette.
I am so in LOVE with Warner. I know he is the 'bad guy' but I just feel like maybe he is just misunderstood. Maybe there is a layer of him underneath that we do not see. Adam. Was okay. I didn't love him or hate him.
I adore Juliette even though she kind of is a Mary Sue. She doesn't have any real, relate-able flaws. Every male pretty much is infatuated with her. (But this is a military base where the men haven't seen women in years, so take that into consideration.) Everyone has pretty much hated Juliette her entire life for a 'gift' she cannot control. The martyr syndrome. She doesn't want to hurt anyone even though so many people are disgusted by her. I just do not find that relate-able at all. I think, sure, maybe I wouldn't be totally consumed with rage, but I think I would be at the very least, peeved. Juliette is not though. And that is what makes her frustrating in this book, she doesn't have a lot of character flaws which makes her hard to relate to. Still, I actually liked her. And I felt like she and Adam actually had a connection because he was the only one that stood up for her when she was a kid. I think if that were me, I would defiantly remember Adam. So, I am not bothered by Adam saying he loves her halfway in the book. But what I am bothered by was how he was nice, then betrayed her, then was nice, then betrayed her. There just didn't seem to be enough of a shift to explain why he went from turning her into the Reestablishment and then he would help her. I don't know. Maybe that is why I didn't like Adam quite as much as I did like Warner. Warner at least seemed like he had something hidden under the surface. There is more to Warner: I know this. And I cannot wait to read the rest of the series to find out what it is.
So, yes I do recommend this book. If you like faced paced dystopian books with a love triangle (and you don't mind the crossed out words), I would defiantly say go for this book. Just keep in mind Juliette is kind of a Mary Sue. At least she is in this book....more
....I honestly do not know what to say about this book. The reviews seemed so positive and this book was... First off, Mrs. Oliver is a really g....I honestly do not know what to say about this book. The reviews seemed so positive and this book was... First off, Mrs. Oliver is a really good writer. Stylistically speaking, she is probably one of the best YA writers out there. Her writing is so raw and honest and it has so much depth... but the thing is there is just too much monologue. It was so BORING. Page after page talking about the dystopian blah blah blah. OH my gosh! There was like half a page of actual conversation between characters and then there were like five pages of Lena just telling one stupid story that could be summed up in one freakin paragraph. I mean, come on. Nothing happens 80% of the book. All Mrs. Olive does is TELLING instead of SHOWING. Lena tells the reader about her mother. Lena tells you about Rachel's past as being infected before she was cured. Lena even tells most of what happens to her and Alex. There is almost no conversation going on between the characters because 90% of the book Lena is telling the reader EVERYTHING. Stylistically I feel like a good 175 pages could have been cut from the book and it would have actually been a fast read. It was BORING. Literally the last fifty pages were the ONLY part of the book that got interesting, and even then when Alex is taking Lena in the Ward there were at least a good 20 pages that could have been cut out, Lena was just talking about random stuff that had NOTHING to do with what was going on. Mrs. Oliver writes well... for poetry, but not for novels. Her book drowned on and on and on.
However, I will add that Lena does change throughout the book. She grows to realize that everyone lied to her and she cannot go on living a lie. But it just seemed like it took forever. It was so slow. It was incessant monologue that just seemed not to go anywhere. She would say things like 'I explained what happened (insert situation) but actually wouldn't be talking, so it would be a boring paragraph about her telling Hanna something. I am just like, lazy writing much?! Why don't you just add a bit more character conversation instead of saying "I explained blah blah blah." It just got so annoying. Ten pages of monologue followed by two sentences of actual conversation. It was so boring (I know I already said that). Though I did like Lena, I didn't like how there was a lack of character conversation. Mrs. Oliver explained EVERYTHING, but she didn't SHOW anything, and that is my biggest beef with the book. Though Mrs. Oliver is a very gifted writer in terms of writing style (she is very unique), her dialogues could be elongated....more
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