Book Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

This book is being compared to Hunger Games and X-Men. Hunger Games? definitely not. X-Men? Maybe.

Julliete is a 17 year old girl who has an ability to inflict pain, even death, to a person with just a touch. She accidently killed a boy when she was 14 years old, that put her into asylum. For 264 days, she's been in isolation with no human interaction. Until day 265, when a boy was brought to be her cellmate, a boy whom she knew from the past she tried hard to forget.

I like the writing on the first part of the book, it is written in Juliette's stream of consciousness. She's isolated for 264 days, without using words, the conversation is in her mind with herself to avoid insanity. The author makes Juliette's flow of thoughts very entertaining. As the story progress - oh well, i think the story progress slowly, actions came just at the last part. Juliette has two love interest in my opinion, and i wonder if this is a dystopian or a romance novel because the dystopic element falls short - i hope it develops in book two. Anyways, i like Adam (this has become a very popular name for a male lead, i get confuse sometimes) but i think he is a little too good to be true and the obstacle they are facing is a little too conveniently overcome. I also like Kenji, brings funny moments, i hope to see more of him in the next book.

As any dystopian novel, they are living in a world of chaos but i think the author did not vividly described it. This book focus mostly on the romance but the there is potential, it's there but not really developed. The author leaves interesting plots and characters at the end that will keep you waiting for the next one. I just hope she's not reeling into another X-Men series because i feel that the story is so going there - fingers crossed.