Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me by Tahere Mafi


Published: November 15th 2011
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages hardcover: 338 (US)


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. 

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.
I just recently finished this book and I have to say, it didn't dissapoint. This book captivated me from the first page and it kept growing on me. It was so different than I expected, but in a good way.


I liked Tahereh's writing style most of the time. The crossed out words were nice and made for funny moments sometimes. The only thing I didn't like that much were the repitions of words without comma's. It annoyed the crap out of me sometimes. Luckily enough, I was able to skim through that, because otherwise I would have missed out on a great book.


Juliette was an awesome heroine. I felt so sorry for her the first couple of chapters, but I liked how she handled things. She was one of the sweetest girl, while having to deal with so much. I really admired her for that. Alex, the love interest, was also quite nice. He is a strong and caring guy and I really liked that about him. But my favorite had to be Warner. Never have I loved a villain as much as I did with Warner. You can see how evil and twisted he is, but I also felt sorry for him. I really believe that he wanted to be loved as much as Juliette wanted to be.


The storyline itself is good too. I liked the setting and am curious to see where the next book takes us. But I am most excited to read more about Warner!


4 out of 5 stars.