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Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi

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memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

was interesting to hear from adam’s perspective, especially his observations of juliette, rather than just hearing what’s going on inside her mind. i adore adam’s love for james (and i adore james). i feel for his conflict but i’ve kind of turned on adam now, kenji however i love sm and hope the next novella is from his perspective!

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azileotulp's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

1.0

When the LOML, Aaron Warner, said that Adam had the personality of a lamp, he wasn't wrong. I can't express how utterly boring and pointless I found this novella. When I found out it was in Adam's POV, I thought about skipping it, but I didn't want to possibly miss anything. I can now say that, yes, it was completely unnecessary.

I feel like the difference between Aaron's POV in Destroy Me and Adam's POV in this novella really just emphasizes how unlikable Adam truly is. He treats everyone horribly, and the way he thinks of Juliette is very jarring, especially considering how much he thinks he loves her. The way he constantly describes her as being weak, whereas Aaron sees how strong she can be, just makes Adam so annoying to me. You know this girl can kill people by literally just touching them, and you think she's weak? Emotionally? Sure, I guess. But when it comes down to it, we've already seen that Juliette is capable of some serious destruction and isn't this weak little animal that Adam needs to protect.

Also, the way he refused to go after her when she's captured because she's "safe with Warner." I'm sorry, but do you actually love this girl? I get the concern for your brother but... the flat out refusal to try to get her is so icky to me.

I guess it was slightly interesting to see the way he thinks at first, but it got old far too quickly for me. I was over it after the first five pages.

The only reason this gets more than 0 stars is because it wasn't a completely worthless experience. I liked exactly three things. Yes, three (3).

The writing style is much better than the two full novels before it. I think that has to do with the fact that it isn't in Juliette's POV. I suppose this isn't truly a good thing because it's not as if the writing is great or anything. It's just... better.
Kenji is still Kenji, which is always nice. He's truly the only character I actually enjoy other than baby boy, Aaron Warner (<3).
The ending was actually really good. I enjoyed it even more than I enjoyed the ending to any other installment in this series (so far, I've found every other ending to just be... meh).
I absolutely didn't think that they all believe Juliette is dead, and I do wonder what implications that has for the next book.

Overall, unless you're actually a fan of Adam (somehow), I don't believe you need to read this. Maybe the final chapter just because it seems like it will actually be important, but nothing other than that. I keep wondering why I continue to read this series when I genuinely dislike it so much, and the only answer I have is that a 5'9 blondie compels me to <3.

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tabea1409's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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kylasmv15's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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datgirllani's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

“And sometimes I think the harder I try to hold on, the more she tried to break away.” Mainly retelling the events in Adam’s opinion. Nothing important is mentioned. But the last two chapters are nice to know because it shows their reactions to the news of Juliette.

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abicaro17's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Fuck Adam like fr. "She needs me" Fuck off and die. Lord I can't fathom why Juliette even acknowledges his presence.

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marsmonny's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

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jen1804's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Would describe this novella as fine. Didn’t really give me a great deal. The first half especially felt like a waste of time because it was a bunch of dialogue we’d already read word for word in Unravel Me, just this time with a couple of internal thoughts from Adam’s POV.
I did really like understanding a bit more about Adam and James’s brotherly relationship though and how James is Adam’s priority, and so he should be.
I guess this novella just provides the perspective of the other remaining Omega Point characters who managed to survive and describes how they all end the book thinking Juliette is dead. But besides that this feels kinda futile.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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zc2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

My respect for Adam is out the window. The day before he would have put his life on the line for Juliette and now he’s questioning if she’s worth dying for smh 🤦🏻‍♀️ Not that the book is bad I just dislike Adam

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roseamillerg's review against another edition

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informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The first 3/4 of this book was so boring to me since so much of it is scenes from Unravel Me with the same exact dialogue only with the addition of Adam’s thoughts.

It seems that the author decided to make Adam super condescending and ignorant which I expected because now Warner is the main love interest but the extent to which the author made Adam unlikable was a bit overdone and out-of-character for him. The only good thing about Adam in this book was his love for James.

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