Make sure you have the rest of the series available. The book left you wanting more, so be warned, you will not be able to read only the first book. Judging this book from a younger readers perspective I would have to say love it! Shatter Me has everything from young love, emotional development and global warming effects that have destroyed the world as we know it. With the help of an old friend, she decides to fight for her freedom and her future. Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times and the USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series, the National Book Award longlisted, and the bestselling novel A Very Large Expanse of Sea, as well as Furthermore and Whichwood. However, when the Reestablishment releases her from the asylum, only to try and use her as a weapon, Juliette discovers she is stronger than she realised. The news of a cellmate frightens her, convinced that it will be a psycho who joins her in the asylum. First off, it’s important to understand that there was a big gap in the series because it was originally a trilogy, and then a few years later, another trilogy was announced to make the six main books that make up the Shatter Me series. Juliette has been in insolation for 264 days, she doubts her sanity and sees herself as a monster. You feel her gain confidence and courage with every page you turn. As you read the book, you experience Juliette’s emotions first-hand. Shatter Me quickly entwines the reader with the lead character. This book will appeal to a teenage or young adult audience who enjoy dystopian fiction, like the Divergent and Hunger Games book series.
This book is written as a first-person narrative keeping the reader close to Juliette throughout the story. The reader can easily imagine the damage to the world and the psychologically issues suffered by Juliette. 338 pages 22 cm Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a postapocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future Accelerated Reader UG 4. The author is extremely descriptive when she explains the effect lack of human contact has had on her lead character, allowing her audience to fully understand the message she is trying to get across. Labelled a freak, she finds herself locked up in an asylum where she is left incomplete isolation until The Reestablishment decide that they want to use her as a weapon.
Shatter Me is a dystopian fiction that tells the story of a teenage girl who has never been able to experience human touch.
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