Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (+ Book Trailer) (Shatter Me Trilogy #1)

Shady
Jan 7, 2014
2 min read

Shatter Me is about a girl, Juliette, who has a terrible power: her touch is fatal. Locked up in an institiute for the insane, she has convinced herself that she is exactly what everyone has told her she is all her life - a monster. Friendless and isolated, she has taken to writting down her emotions in a notebook she has kept with her, pouring her thoughts and feelings down into the pages of the little book.

After almost a year of solitude, Juliette is released - on one condition. The Reestablishment, a organization that claims to want to put the shattered world back together after it was almost destroyed by ecological crisis, wants to use her horrific power to keep it's enemies in line. Juliette is shocked and apalled, but nevertheless is taken from her prison and into the lap of luxury.

But Juliette can't stand having so much so much while everyone around her has so little. And she's sick of being controlled. Tired of being bullied and told what she can and can't do. And she wants to fight back. After a suprise encounter with a boy she thought she'd never see again, Adam, the closest thing Juliette has ever had to a friend, They team up and begin to plot their escape. But Warner, the man who took Juliette out of prison, is not going to give up such a valuable weapon so easily, and when Juliette is being watched 24/7, escape may not be so simple...

Most of the book is actully Juliette's thoughts, which gives me a good idea of what's going on outside her head, but not always a good picture of what's going on around her. theaut horh asa beautiful way with words and alwayskn ows exactly how to convey Juliettes' emotions! Even the story's antagonists are likable, because you can justify everyone's views and actions. The story isn't a comedy, but Kenji, one of Adam's friends, provides some humor when it's needed, and James, Adam's sweet younger brother, is so sweet and also gave me some laughs. It's not really a dreary book, but it is rather dark and even slightly depressing at times. I would give this book four out five stars.