Title: Shatter Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Series: #1 Shatter Me
Published by: Harper/HarperCollins
Pages: 338
Rating: 4.8 Stars
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting asThe Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices,Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel. ~ Goodreads
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting asThe Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices,Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel. ~ Goodreads
My Review
This is what happened when I first laid my eyes on the cover Shatter Me. It shined up at me, daring me to learn what lay behind it's beautiful cover. Calling my fingers to pick it up and let them explore the texture of it's pages. And thats what they did. Next I was opening the book, letting the pages slip past my thumb, until I got to were it said "One". I started to read the first sentence of this book, of this story. And if I wasn't hooked already, I was a goner after that sentence.
This is what happened when I first laid my eyes on the cover Shatter Me. It shined up at me, daring me to learn what lay behind it's beautiful cover. Calling my fingers to pick it up and let them explore the texture of it's pages. And thats what they did. Next I was opening the book, letting the pages slip past my thumb, until I got to were it said "One". I started to read the first sentence of this book, of this story. And if I wasn't hooked already, I was a goner after that sentence.
Wow, wast that dramatic! Hahaha! Sorry, but I feel that this blog needs some drama.
Anyway, if you didn't do what I did, when you had the honour to be in presence of this book, then there is something seriously wrong with you. This book was amazing! I mean seriously good.
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I loved the way when you fist start reading all these questions just zap onto your brain.
ZAP
Why is she locked up?
ZAP
Why cant she touch anyone?
ZAP
What happens when she does?
ZAP
Who is the mysterious new cell mate?
And the big one.
ZAP
What the hell is going on?
All these questions make the read more of a mystery that the readers are dying to solve. As I always say, everyone has a little mini Sherlock in them.
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These characters are like a big breath of fresh air. They are all so different from anything else I've read before. Especially the MC, Juliet. Which is so refreshing, I can't begin to explain. She isn't the only one, but she is the most refreshing, in my opinion. Which is basically the point of this review, it's my opinion. Hehe. Other people might think differently.
But my opinion, you should go down to your nearest bookshop, or go on line, or borrow it from the library, or from a friend, just get your hands on this book NOW! You wont regret it.
LAUREN MACARTHUR
'Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance'
LAUREN KATE, author of Fallen
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