Loved itI think that's why I love the Shatter Me series so much. I don't know if that's considered dystopian or fantasy, but by Tahereh Mafi, I read that a very long time ago and I was obsessed.
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Shatter Me (2011)
Others: Leaning positive 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. In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting as The Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices, Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel.
- ISBN:
- 9798885798532
- Length:
- 408 pages
Genres: science fiction, romance, young adult
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Loved itI was thinking about all the classic ones like The Selection or The Hunger Games, Shatter Me, Twilight.
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Not a fanI did not like this series personally. I know a lot of people really love it. ... I just really don't think it's very good.
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Loved itit's a very fun and engaging ya dystopian esque series
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Loved itI liked this series a lot when I first started it... judging the series as a whole I would say that this one falls into the great tier.
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Loved itI am trash for this. So, we're going to have to put it in god tier
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Not a fanthe first shatter me is bad
Not a fanshatter me this top do I put it bad or [ __ ] it's a book I really dislike
Not a fanI once said I was never going to read shatter me and then I did which was still terrible
Loved itrealistically I feel like this first book is a four stars but because I had this like really awesome nostalgia factor with this book I gave it like a 5 stars because I really loved it
Not a fanI have a very strong dislike towards this book now I don't know I want to be nice when I'm saying this cuz I don't want to offend anyone because I know a lot of people love this Trilogy and this author I don't know what to say other than that I just didn't like it just wasn't for me
Loved itShatter Me is right up there with the Raven cyc they both hold the number one spot for me
MixedI picked it up again suddenly realizing that this book was actually pretty fun and I totally enjoyed reading it... but then we had to read some books for school so I put it down again.
Not a fanMy one-star reviews were "Shatter Me" by Tahereh Mafi, which was also my least favorite read of the year;
Loved itthe first book in the series Shatter Me was quite a guilty pleasure and it was fun for me in that way
Loved itObviously, it was awesome. And it was really good planning on my part because I got into it like a couple probably days after the second one came out.
Loved itvery intriguing i can't wait to read more about this world