![]() ![]() The story is told in the first person, through the eyes of the protagonist Juliette, and in the present tense, adding a sense of familiarity and urgency to the narrative. The unusual writing style is also worth mentioning. Although the plot isn’t extremely complicated, it is very well executed and I found it engaging enough to hold my interest to the point where I finished it in one sitting. In fact, this book is quite a page turner. This may be due to the fact that Shatter Me is quite fast paced and a little more intense than the majority of young adult fiction I’d read. Thus I was somewhat surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. ![]() However, Juliette is less than willing to become anyone’s weapon.įirst of all, I should probably say that young adult paranormal romance is usually a subgenre I avoid. ![]() While this marks her as a freak, shunned by society and cast aside by her parents, there are those in the Reestablishment that think her strange power may be useful. For unknown reasons, Juliette’s touch causes severe pain and may be fatal if maintained for any extended period of time. Amidst all the chaos the world seems to have forgotten about Juliette, a seventeen year old girl who is locked away in an institution for a murder she didn’t mean to commit. Most survivors live in closed compounds ruled by an oppressive organization known as the Reestablishment. Shatter Me takes place in a post-apocalyptic near future where the sky is scorched, food is scarce, and the human population has been decimated by disease. With an interesting premise and a deft execution, Shatter Me is a undoubtedly a rung above your average paranormal teen romance. While it may seem a mean feat to live up to the hype generated for this release, with the large media campaign and the film rights already sold, Mafi’s debut does a decent job of it. The first book in a projected trilogy, it provides an intense mix of dystopian fantasy and young adult romance with a superhuman twist. Shatter Me is the much anticipated debut novel of US author Tahereh Mafi. ![]()
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