He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world. The one person she never thought she could trust. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. Again, 97% romance and then the 3%,: the series remembers that something is supposed to happen. Regarding plot, not much happens, there’s like 4/5 crucial moments, but even then a lot of this book is stretched way too much. Juliette really only grows as a character when the other boys aren’t even near her. Even when I didn’t like him, his logic and him being the only one who had any sense and helped Juliette more than the other two did. Still, Team Neither because Juliette is literally better off without a romantic partner. Whatever appealing qualities that Adam had in book one literally gets stripped away and pushed onto Warner. Tahereh Mafi is such a great writer and I can see it come though in this series, it’s the reason why I’m still reading because she writes in a way that is so damn addicting.
We’re introduced to some serious shit in this series but the narrative doesn’t move on from Juliette feeling sorry for herself because she can’t have the guy she wants. The only thing I got from Unravel Me was that I actually can’t stand the romance between Juliette and Warner/Adam.
And perhaps these new allies can help her shed light on the secret behind Adam’s-and Warner’s-immunity to her killer skin. Juliette will finally be able to actively fight against The Reestablishment and try to fix her broken world. She and Adam were able to escape Warner’s clutches and join up with a group of rebels, many of whom have powers of their own. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from. It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. The strikes and messiness were fine but reading it also felt over the top. Not enough worldbuilding or introduction to the story makes this series worth the hype it’s given. I understand the addictiveness of Shatter Me, but this was so overrated. Here is where the plot picks up and dives itself into dystopia. Mainly because what’s set up there is what I was expecting to have happened much closer to the beginning of the novel. I was actually very disappointed because I really wanted to see what everyone was swooning about but I didn’t see it. As a villain, he is brilliant but whatever romantic connection he has with Juliette is just lost on me. He works as a creepy villain, he works as this incredibly evil guy, but the second he becomes the love interest, I was angry. They both think they’re so entitled to Juliette and I was so almost just skipping the pages (and nearly the entire book) when they both spoke. I hate that we’re supposed to ship Juliette with both when I just didn’t like any of them. I had so many issues with Adam and Warner. It felt like the story forgets it’s in a dystopian setting where the world is falling apart and then picks itself up every now and then. This is very much a romance novel with a hint of dystopia. But I follow Tahereh Mafi on social media, and I really enjoy her personality so I kind of held onto this series, hoping I would somewhat enjoy these books. If hadn’t borrowed the entire series from the library already, I would’ve dropped the set the second I finished the last page. Shatter Me is the worst book of the series. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. This is less a review, but more of my own rambling of thoughts on each book. I should warn that this post is spoiler heavy and if you haven’t read it yet and want to read it without spoilers, ignore this. But I decided that it was going to work much better as one big post about the series. I was initially going to write separate reviews for each book in the Shatter Me series. So, apologies if it all sounds a little familiar. Much of this post is copied from my previous series review of Shatter Me from 2018, but before the release of Defy Me and Imagine Me, so I chucked in my thoughts on the final two at the end of the older series review.
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