![]() She becomes more of a force unto herself, and forms more opinions of the world around her without relying on others for everything. There are still some frustrating moments, don’t get me wrong, but it feels like we are finally getting somewhere with this book’s plot, and then going into Ignite Me. I was seriously tempted to start filling in the spaces where the commas should be!! Unravel Me – Book #2 Rating : 3 out of 5 starsīook two, Unravel Me, was one of my favorites in the series as Juliette seems to grow by leaps and bounds, no longer playing to all of Adam’s whims. This one was just a strange and comma maddening experience for me, it really might just come down to the commas in the end, for all the frustration it got out of me. Yes, she’s been cut off from the world for a while, but instead of being trusting, I’d be more likely to fight and scream at everything. To escape she follows Adam pretty easily, no fight or question of his motive, or background. She essentially is brought into this military group to be their torturer because of her powers, but then parades around like a show pony and dressed up by its leader, who just may be one of the strangest “villains” in a ya novel. Coupled with her attachment to Adam in this novel, I was pretty annoyed with the plot movement. While you are led and do feel genuinely bad for Juliette’s plight, the whole idea of teenagers that could or do save the world isn’t necessarily new, or technically logical (though I often overlook that fact for a good story). That isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy it, I really did inhale this series, but there were some problems throughout, and unfortunately besides beginning in this book they followed me through the series. From that point on though, its a mix of an entertaining book, and so many issues. The commas were an easily explained part since it could have to do with it being written by Juliette who hasn’t had a lot of schooling. I think if it hadn’t been for me already having all the other books in the series I may not have continued from this one. This was a book to get used to, between the severe lack of commas, basic tropes, and strange villains that all fit under the basic YA grouping. Shatter Me – Book #1 Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars I’ll go more into this later in the reviews. It sounds like I’m whining but this is becoming one of my new book pet peeves as it happens more and more. I think my biggest problem developed with books 4-5, which felt like more of an extension of the first three than a cohesive continuation of the plot, like it had been an afterthought instead of planned from the beginning. I think a lot of that had to do with one character in particular, but I was entertained at the very least. I’m going to break this down book by book a little, but overall this was a pretty easy series to binge once I got past book one. Everything changes though when her jailers put a new prisoner in the cell with her, and it’s someone she knew a long time ago. In this asylum she has not interacted with another human being for years, and the only activities she has are writing in her journal, and the trek to the shower, which is a danger in itself. Summary:įor those who haven’t heard about the Shatter Me series, it’s about Juliette, who has for the longest time lived in a psych ward of sorts as a new regime has taken over the United States. On a last note, this is a series review, so there are likely spoilers ahead. I just know with reviewing a popular series, I might really be stepping into it, but too late now I guess. Before we get going I do want to say that this is my opinion, so please don’t get mad at any statements made in this review. So, here we go, I read five books of a series in one month, and we are all wondering what I thought. ![]() A bit of a risky move knowing me, but sometimes you just need an all or nothing situation. Finally I saw several of the books at a used bookstore, and just went ahead and grabbed all of the books currently published. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi has been one of those books I’d heard about for the longest time, and questioned if I should or shouldn’t pick up the books. There are a lot of really popular books out there, and a decent list from there that I have yet to read, and know I probably should.
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