Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me

 Warning! This review may contain a few spoilers from the book. If you're uncomfortable with that thought, please go ahead and click away. Thanks!

Before I began reading this book, I hopped on Good reads to read some Q&As. A lot of the questions were, "Is this book good?" or "Is it worth reading?" Tons of people said this book was trash and wasn't worth reading. Some people who enjoyed the book said it was similar to The Hunger Games and Divergent. Others said it was an insult to compare Shatter Me with The Hunger Games and Divergent. 

In my opinion, this book was actually pretty good. I loved the idea and would definitely read the rest of the series to find out what happens. I'm a dystopian fan, so this was right up my league. I felt like you couldn't really compare this with The Hunger Games as it didn't quite fit with it, but Divergent definitely had some similar characteristics. Now, I will say, this was more of a Romance genre than a Dystopian. The book really focused on the two protagonists' love story more than the rest of the "dystopian" part of the novel.  

However, there were a few minor things that I had issues with. One thing I noticed, and many others as well, was that there was a ton of repetition and a lot of sentences that didn't make sense at all. Shatter Me used a lot of similes and metaphors, which was okay if they made sense. There were multiple times when I would stare at a sentence in confusion because it was just a heap of mambo jumbo. It didn't take away from the book too much, but it was kind of distracting. 

Although the book had a really good idea and it was written pretty well, I still don't quite understand Juliette's "power." It isn't explained at all. I didn't really think about it throughout the book as much, but I definitely am confused as to what exactly she does and why it does. Also *SPOILER* I don't understand how when she touches some people, they're put through immense pain, while other times when she touches someone, they feel nothing. It doesn't make sense. It also made me kind of mad because *SPOILER* of course she can touch Adam, the main love interest. I wish she wasn't able to because that would cause more suspense and whatnot throughout the book. 

Overall, this was a book that I enjoyed quite a bit. I wouldn't read it a second time, but like I mentioned before, I would buy the rest of the series. I know a lot of people hated the book, but if you're a dystopian fan, I feel you might take a little interest in this book. 

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