Thursday, May 1, 2014




SHATTER ME
  This book is about a teenage girl named Juliet who has been in solitary confinement for the last 264 days. Juliet has a supernatural ability; any person she touches dies. Because of her power Juliet refuses to touch anyone, which becomes very difficult when she is given a cellmate, a very attractive teenage cellmate named Adam. Juliet and Adam begin to plot an escape, waiting until the right moment to leave their prison. Unfortunately the warden of the jail, Warner, will not allow Juliet to leave due to his creepy stalker-esque tendencies. The rest of the book is Juliet having teen angst, almost killing people and falling in love; all the things social media wants in a book.
  This book teaches the classic Disney style lesson of you should not fear what you don't understand. It also deals with mans inhumanity towards his fellow man, or in this case, teenage girls.
  My favorite passage from the book was; "I am not insane" Juliet is constantly rethinking herself and attempting to block any stray thought that may hurt her. She fears that she is going insane, and begins to believe that she is falling into the abyss of her own mind, only to be wrenched back by Adam.
  This book is amazing. It delves into the psyche of a disturbed teenage girl and follows her pain. The characters are very memorable and the very idea of an insane protagonist is very appealing to me. However Juliet does strongly resemble a certain X-men character that cannot touch another human being without causing them mortal harm, but I digress.
  This book is obviously not for everyone. The reader must be interested in superhero-like science fiction, romance, angst, insanity, and being inside of the confusing female mind. Clearly not every reader is suited for this book, however if those themes appeal to you, than this is the perfect book for you.

1 comment:

  1. I think this would be a good book. I like how it shows a different plot than the average book.

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