Review: Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi (and a short note on Unravel Me)
This book is the first in a trilogy. I feel like a lot of my reviews lately are of first books in a series. There seems to be a trend in the publishing world. But that is not necessarily a bad thing, although I sometimes crave some stand-alones…but anyway! I had heard a lot about this series on Youtube. Everyone seems to love it, so I decided to give it a try, as it sounded interesting enough. I thought it was okay. The plot was interesting, even though I would have liked a little more world-building. The writing style didn’t really do it for me. We follow Juliette’s perspective, and lack of human contact has made her a bit weird. That comes through in the language, and while it adds something different to the narrative, I just didn’t really like it that much. As for characters we of course get to know people mostly through Juliette and her feelings about them. Having read the book, I feel like I don’t really know any of the characters that well. Perhaps I feel ...