Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) in On The Same Page

Mar 15, 2020 roguereader rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I loved reading Tahereh Mafi's Furthermore and Whichwood, so I had high hopes for delving into Shatter me.

I couldn't do it.

I forced myself to go through the book, hoping it would improve. But the writing was too much. Too many metaphors that pulled me out the scene, things like "my jaw was hanging by a shoelace." Poor writing overall, which is surprising for Mafi. Her other books were superb.

The characters were flat, cliche, and boring. The plot, mundane and predictable. The world could have ...more

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Aug 10, 2024 Bailey rated it liked it

Shelves: 2024

There were aspects of this book that I enjoyed, but then there were a lot that didn't really work for me. ...more

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Feb 20, 2016 Lissa rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: character-with-depression, ebook, read-in-2014, fantasy, dystopian, young-adult, challenge-dystopian-2014, fucked-up-main-character, book-boyfriends, angst-ahoy

2020 review:
Two stars still seems fair to me. The prose is ridiculously purple and makes the book off-putting, to be honest. I really enjoyed the second and third books in the series back when I first read them, but now I am wondering if I have just moved past this series. I have yet to pick up the fourth, fifth, or sixth book, and I just don't know if I ever will. I'm going to try to power through, but if I'm not feeling it by the end of the third book, I think I'm done with this series. :\

2018 2020 review:
Two stars still seems fair to me. The prose is ridiculously purple and makes the book off-putting, to be honest. I really enjoyed the second and third books in the series back when I first read them, but now I am wondering if I have just moved past this series. I have yet to pick up the fourth, fifth, or sixth book, and I just don't know if I ever will. I'm going to try to power through, but if I'm not feeling it by the end of the third book, I think I'm done with this series. :\

2018 review:
I'm dropping my rating to two stars for this book, which means that this book has officially had three different ratings from me now (1 star, 3 stars, 2 stars). I'm bumping it down for a few reasons, but the biggest is because the author has the most purple prose EVER. The metaphors are often blatantly ridiculous. Also, the world building kind of sucks - a lot has changed (birds no longer fly, the earth has changed, the skies are different, the weather patterns have shifted, etc) but this (which could be fascinating) takes a back seat to the ~*~romance~*~ between Juliette and Adam ((view spoiler)). The writing does get better in the next few books, but I no longer love the series as much as I once did.

Original review:
Well dang. The first time I read this book, I absolutely hated it (so much so that I gave up on the series for a while, until I got curious about all of the love for Warner)! This time around I actually enjoyed it. Not sure why there is such a big difference for me - maybe because I knew that there would be a lot more to Warner than what we see in this book? Or maybe I was just ready to embrace the evil. ;) Whatever the reason, I really liked the book this time, although Juliette's love for metaphors and similes got old fast. Way too much purple prose here, but the author does get better. ...more

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Mar 13, 2023 Kendall rated it it was ok

I feel like I would’ve liked this more had I read it when I was younger. The instalove between the FMC and MMC made me roll my eyes.

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May 18, 2024 ✥❤️‍ Kayla ❤️‍✥ rated it liked it

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I liked how fast paced and easy to get through this was. I did get wore out on the run on sentences. I also felt like a lot of the FMC’s relationships felt forced and unnatural. I’m not sure I will continue the series or not. I don’t feel super passionate to which tells me maybe I shouldn’t, but overall it wasn’t a complete waste. I enjoyed the concept of the book and I’m assuming this was a major set up for the series. I could see how people would enjoy it.

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Nov 18, 2024 Londyn Strandquist rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I can’t even decide how I actually feel about this book. The plot and base of this story has SO much potential and can be really intriguing but some aspects just fell flat for me.

I love the idea of Juliette being “untouchable” and finding “love” with someone who’s finally able to touch her. But also like feels very surface level. Like she only actually loves him because she hasn’t had physical touch before but they really don’t know much about each other and have never spoken before the cell. E ...more

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Apr 10, 2020 Crystal Rose rated it did not like it · review of another edition

DNF’d at 50%

I just couldn’t find a way to finish this book. There were too many plot holes and too many genre mushed into one. Really horrible writing as well to the point where I am pretty sure two people wrote this book, one for prose, one for dialogue.

I know this is meant to be a dystopian romance, but it’s also trying to be a fantasy, sci-fi, and coming-of-age and doing none of it well. Glaring editing issues and unbelievable plot points. I actually threw my hands in the air at one point.

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