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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

22 reviews

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I've been putting this series off for so long, but I've finally decided to give in to the hype and see what it was about. And now I'm finished I can understand how this series has garnered intrigue. I think the first book was a nice little introduction to the world and provide just enough level of mystery

Like how can Adam touch Juliette? How can Warner? What does that mean? How do some people in their world have supernatural abilities? Will Juliette see her parents again? What happened to Adam's parents? And Kenji's? How did their world get like this?  And most importantly how does Warner become Juliette's future love interest?

and suspense for the reader to want to continue.  

Also, I don't know if it was because I haven't read fantasy-type books since I was in grade school, but it was kind of hard to visualize some of the settings in their world.

And I can't help but confess that I'm curious about the Aaron Warner hype that has been circling the internet and that has become the centerpiece of this series. Because of what I've been reading so far I couldn't imagine how things could turn around. 

He literally forced himself on her (trying to kiss her). Forcing her to love him and be his secret weapon of destruction. And as of right now, he's trying to kill her. I just can't fathom how he's gonna be her future love interest.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and War

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really enjoyed this book - almost gave it 5 stars. I enjoyed the fact that the book and pages were more chaotic at the beginning and eased off throughout the book to reflect her mental state. The depictions of her loneliness and desperation to be touched were heartbreaking. I cannot wait to read the rest of this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, and War

lyss_reads6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

(No spoilers) Thus book might go slow for some people, but considering it kinda world building for thr rest of the books in the series, it's worth it. I'm on book 3 rn and I personally didn't think that the 1st book was slow, but no one has the same opinion. So if you're okay with getting into a series right now, and can push threw a slow book. Read it for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Body horror

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, and Death of parent

donatio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I finally gave in to the hype after a friend of mine read it and I'm still in doubt if the hype is deserved.
I really liked the portrayal of the chaos in Juliette's mind and the fast-paced style fit the book. 
But I couldn't yet bond with any of the characters expect

the ones at Omega Point. Adam is so toxic and Warner isn't (yet?) the one Book tok made him, although I know I should always be careful with. Booktok's portrayal of characters. 
Furthermore there wasn't much depth to what happens in those two weeks before Juliette planned to escape with Adam. What was she doing? More importantly, what was Warner doing with her? I would've liked to see some more developme
nt of the details.

I will continue the series in the hopes that the writing style will become better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I think I missed the time frame where I would have eaten this up.  There's a lot of world building that happens that is super intriguing but the romance element is juvenile (intentionally since it makes sense for the characters) but I cannot stop cringing.

I don't know if I will continue, I might read the Destroy Me novella since it's at the end of my copy from the library and see how I feel about it then.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

saoirse10's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ravensandlace's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Title: Shatter Me

Author: Tahereh Mafi

Genre: Young Adult Dystopia

Format: paperback book from the library

Series: Shatter Me

Star Rating: 4 stars

tw: injury, beatings, murder, gun violence, child death, child abuse and neglect, torture

I get it. I totally get the hype surrounding this book and the series as a whole. I was so hooked the whole time. I couldn’t read fast enough. All I wanted to do was read this book because I had to see how it ended and I had to see what happened next. I stayed up far too late reading this book. It was so worth it though. 

The three main characters, Juliette, Adam, and Warner, were so fleshed out and well-developed. Seeing Juliette’s progression of character was so lovely. She still has a lot to learn but I’m happy with how well she grew. There were times when I was annoyed with her but then I remembered how neglected she was and so I forgave her for annoying me. I also adored Adam and Warner. My liking Warner was surprising. I don’t care much for morally grey characters but Warner was different. I understood where he was coming from. The love triangle was surprisingly well done. Normally, love triangles annoy me but this one was great. I didn’t know who to root for it. Both were equally great and awful for Juliette at the same time. 

I do have one complaint about this otherwise awesome book. It’s a small complaint, really. There were far too many metaphors. The whole book was just one metaphor right after the other. The only time there weren’t metaphors was when the characters were talking. I don’t know if that’s the way Juliette thinks or what, but wow, they got to be annoying. It may be the way she has been neglected for years but I’m not sure. Just tell me how it is and move on. I don’t need all the fluff. 

Overall, this was a great book. I absolutely love it and managed to get my library to stock the whole series for me. Of course, I’m still going to buy it but it was still awesome for the librarian to do that for me. I think it would be an awesome movie if they got a good director, like the one from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, or the other director as well. I’m so glad that I read this book. I’m always so late when it comes to hyped-up books. I’ve been burned so many times so I was nervous. I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

chloelj27's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Torture, and Death of parent