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17 Mar 2013

REVIEW: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi


Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #1)
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Publication Date: November 15th 2011
Format: Ebook (I only ever read on Ebook if it’s something I really want.)
Rating: 5/5
Blurb:
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time for war.

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.


Review:

(No Spoilers)

I’m pretty sure I was born into this world for the soul purpose of reading this series. Now that I think about it, I’m probably Taherah Mafi’s... evil demon conscience plotting to take over the world, but with all that aside, LETTICE talk about this bible.

 I cannot use words to decipher how much I love this series.
 A Lot.
 So Much
As Much as Ely
As Much as Food.
I’ve tried, and I cannot. I cannot. I cannot.


This book does not wait to get into action. Pacing is amazingly brilliant, as always. It completes me. After Ely.

Ely, if you’re reading this, get to this book, ASAP. I knew you would love the first book. You will LOVE EVERY SECOND.


There were parts where I said, “Wouldn’t it be amazing if this happened,” and I was so surprised when they did. It was like Taherah was living in my mind.

I am Team Warner, but Adam doesn’t bother me too much. I think I decided I was Team Warner officially straight after I finished the first book. I was afraid he was going to change in a way that made him extremely vulnerable, but Mafi satisfied me with what she did. Everything about Warner I just love. His persistence and the way he manipulates people by the words he says. It’s a gift.

After I read it, “I love every inch of him, his personality is the best, his words, his voice.

If your Team Warner, then this is your book.
Juliette seems to be better and less annoying in this one, even though it does take her ages to agree on some conclusions. She’s not completely good or evil, and I adore how she see’s that there is no fine line between them, even in her. Yes Juliette, the world does have a cruel way of thinking for you.

Kenji; Probably one of my favourite characters in this series. He is so hilarious and he breaks up the tension in scenes. He also sets Juliette straight in a scene I can’t mention but is quite inspirational. You learn a lot more about his back-story too, as well as his relationship with Castle. It’s so hilarious how the found each other. Kenji, What are you doing? Kenji, I love you.

A couple of our favourite characters have powers that are finally revealed, and as this is non spoiler and Ely is reading this, I can’t spoil who and what, but I can tell you it’s the most brilliant and thought out powers that puts the game in my favour ;)

Authors, please learn. This is all I ever wanted in a book.

I know I will never write enough for this review, but I would die for the next book and I can’t contemplate on this much further. I will explode and this book is a necessity to live.

Because Warner is beautiful in ways even Adam isn't,” Unravel Me.

2 Mar 2013

REVIEW: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi



Title: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1)
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Publication Date: November 15th 2011
Publisher: Harper
Format: Paperback
Pages: 338
Rating: 5/5
Blurb: I have a curse.
I have a gift.

I'm a monster.
I'm more than human.

My touch is lethal.
My touch is power.

I am their weapon.
I will fight back.

No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time—and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.
Review: When I was given this book for Christmas by my mum way back in 2011, I had never heard of it at all, though with a quick survey of the summary I knew exactly what to expect and so this book was shoved into my bookshelves and left on my TBR list until someone borrowed it and kept it for over six months. During this time, Chami decided to read this book and from that moment I was subject to being told about five times a day as to how amazing this book was and how much I should read it. So before I get on to the proper review, I’m going to give Chami a moment to gloat over how right she was about this book.

I’ve read a few reviews who say they hated Juliette, that she annoyed them *cough* Chami *cough* but I actually didn’t have any massive issues with her, which can be quite rare for me when it comes to protagonists in dystopic novels. I, like Chami, really enjoyed seeing both sides of Juliette- the things she wanted to say but didn’t and the things she did actually say, which was probably my favourite thing about this book. I liked how she wasn’t just a one-dimensional character- she wasn’t entirely good but she wasn’t overwhelming evil either, her depth was very refreshing.

Love triangle wise, the whole time through the novel I couldn’t decide who the hell I wanted Juliette to end up with. Adam or Warner, Warner or Adam? Gah, I still can’t decide which of them I prefer. Can Juliette just end up with both? Or even better, I’ll just take both of them for myself. All this being said, James was possibly my favourite character of the entire book- I won’t tell you who he is or why he’s my favourite because it will spoil things.  

I loved the pacing of the novel, it was fast enough that I ended up reading the first 250 or so pages within the space of about an hour without stopping even once. I found there wasn’t ever really a dull moment in the plot or parts where I wanted things to speed up or end quicker.

I absolutely cannot wait until I’m able to get my hands of the second book, I’m so desperate to see how everything works out for Juliette.

You can buy Shatter Me on The Book Depository (Free shipping worldwide), here

Check out Chami's review here