Review | Shatter Me

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Review by Katie
November 2011 by Harper
338 pages
Amazon + Good Reads

"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."

-Good Reads

Let me start by saying how beautiful Tahereh Mafi writes. I haven’t been touched by such wonderful writing in a while and I found myself wanting to keep devouring page after page of this book. I haven’t read anything like this book in awhile, the premise was completely unique to me. When I first opened up the book I noticed that there were words crossed out and I was instantly mad that I thought someone had ruined the book! As I looked through to see how bad the damage was, I realized that it was actually a part of the book. I enjoyed it in the end, it made Juliette’s words seemed more true and her feelings felt real. It was a unique feature that represented Juliette’s conflicting thoughts well. I loved this feature; it added intrigue and provided more of an insight to Juliette’s character.

I love that there are some dynamic characters in this book. Every character in this book is so full of life that they came alive out of the pages to me. I have heard critiques that Juliette is a weak person; that doesn’t ring true to me. Juliette is shattered in the beginning of the book because of her past and how she has been treated. Adam is a strong, determined man that you can’t help but root for. Warner is such a villain and i haven’t read of such a strong villain in a long time; I couldn’t help but want to punch this guy in the face through the pages. This book surprised me and I loved it! It successfully delivered suspense, action and romance in a beautiful way. 

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