Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi was a book that was read a decade too late.
I had to have a serious talk with my inner 16-year-old because it perked up when reading this book meanwhile my actual 26-year-old self was all "wtf is this? You call this a relationship?"
The "relationship" between Adam and Juliet would be aptly called possessive aggression. And the "relationship" between Warren and Juliet would be aptly called obsession. Either one is not a true relationship or has any meaningful context to the story. It is toxic and not something we should be telling teens it is okay to have that kind of relationship. So if there are any teens reading this review: you are worth more than someone telling you who you can be with and if they get angry over someone else having the same feelings as them over you it is not love it is called possession and you can do so much better than that. You deserve better than that kind of relationship: you deserve someone who is willing to trust you and shows they love you by doing little things like complimenting you if you try something different or brings you your favourite comfort food when you are having a bad day or will listen to you with no judgement.
The story had so many contradictions in it that I stopped keeping track or putting any stock in any numbers that Juliet was spewing. (Sidenote: the thumb is not a finger so it should have been four fingers and a thumb, not five fingers). Also, the strikethroughs were cool at first, but they start to get annoying after awhile especially when you are not even sure if you should be reading the strikethroughs anymore.
If I had read this in 2011 it would have been five stars (hence the serious talk with my inner 16-year-old).
Since I read it 2021 though it is three stars.
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