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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)

Tahereh Mafi

Start date: February 1, 2015

Finish date: February 28, 2015

Discussion: [February 2015]

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[February 2015]

* {Shatter Me} Chapters 1 - 9
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{Shatter Me} Chapters 39 - END
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Mar 07, 2015 Kenneth Wade rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015

The following review is spoiler-free.
For this review, I'll be discussing all the things I liked, and all the things I didn't like so much about "Shatter Me" by Tahereh Mafi.

POSITIVE ASPECTS:

~I liked the writing style because it reflected Juliette's semi-insanity. She's been isolated for her entire life because of her power, and you can tell.

~I read this book in just a few sittings because it was really gripping. It's a very fast-paced and fun story.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS:

~Some of the dialogue was s ...more

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Mar 06, 2015 mayia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, 2015-reads

It's an easy and fast read.
I expected much more because of all the hype around that book, but it had the usual plot holes of some of the books.

Unfortunately the characters lack depth, they are too perfect. Actually everything works too perfectly and all the time I had a feeling I read it all somewhere before. It could have been a much better book. It's nothing truly original.

Nevertheless.. It was fast and easy and got me over my reading slump, which is great. I will probably only continue with t ...more

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