by Tahereh Mafi
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.
Book Review
Shatter Me is a process or journey, moving from severe isolation to an abundant world. Tahereh Mafi’s writing is quite personal; limited to the main character’s perspective, and in a way puts you in this focus point where you can only discover the story through Juliette. The main character’s thought process seems fractured because of severe isolation. It is raw, painful, full of harrowing moments, and joyful moments. I loved the parts where Juliette would celebrate someone touching her, or any form of human contact. Shatter Me might not be for everyone, but I enjoyed reading it.
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