Shatter me: A beautiful chaos
It all started with some reels, and reels and other reels and it just kept going. 2023 was its year, other books hardly got the spotlight and if it was shifted to it, it would eventually revolve back to it. Shatter me series. A compilation of 11-12 emotional turmoil, dystopian, young adult fiction. A beautiful creation.
I got so much spoilers on this series that I had to leave it for some months before I began it. I waited for 29 months and I can finally say it was worth the wait. I finished the series since the begin of September but for some reasons, wasn’t feeling the review I was supposed to write on it
I am still not feeling it, as I wish to keep this all to myself, bottled up and thrown in the deepest part of an ocean, somewhere within me. But hate keeping is neither beneficial nor pleasing.
The Shatter me series is made up of two trilogies and multiple novellas, all written by Tahereh Mafi. Its main character is my girl, Juliette Ferras.
Juliette Ferrars hasn’t touched another person in 264 days. Her touch is lethal, which makes for a pretty lonely existence. The Reestablishment, the regime that’s turned the world into a dystopian nightmare, has locked her away in an asylum where she spends her time writing in a notebook and crossing out the thoughts she can’t bear to face. She’s accepted that she’s dangerous, that isolation is her fate, until Adam Kent gets thrown into her cell. He’s someone from her past, and his presence starts stirring feelings she thought were long dead.
The Reestablishment isn’t keeping Juliette locked up out of concern for public safety. They have other plans, and Warner, the cold and calculating son of the Supreme Commander, is the one tasked with carrying them out. Warner should be easy to hate with his intensity and unsettling interest in Juliette, but something about him doesn’t quite add up. When Adam helps Juliette escape, she finds herself at Omega Point, a resistance hideout full of people with abilities like hers. Turns out she’s not the only one who’s different, which is both a relief and completely overwhelming because suddenly people are looking at her like she might be their answer to everything.
The situation gets messy quickly. Adam seems like the obvious choice for someone to trust, the hero who got her out, but things are never quite that simple. Warner keeps appearing when least expected, and every encounter reveals something new that complicates the narrative Juliette’s built in her head. The resistance needs her to be strong and certain, to step into a role she’s not sure she’s ready for. There are choices to make, sides to pick, and Juliette’s caught in the middle trying to figure out who she actually is beyond the girl who’s afraid of her own skin.
As the story unfolds, allegiances shift and nothing stays comfortable for long. Juliette has to confront what it means to have power and whether she’s going to spend her life running from it or learn to control it. Warner’s layers keep peeling back in ways that challenge everything she thought she knew. The people around her have their own struggles and secrets, and the lines between right and wrong get blurrier the deeper into the conflict she goes. The Reestablishment isn’t just an external enemy but a force that’s shaped everyone it’s touched, sometimes in ways that aren’t immediately obvious.
By the series end, Juliette goes through a transformation that’s about more than just her abilities. She reclaims parts of herself that were lost, makes decisions about who she wants to be, and learns that strength isn’t just about power but about choosing compassion even when it’s hard. The relationships around her evolve in unexpected ways. The world remains broken but there are glimmers of hope that maybe, just maybe, things can be different. What starts as a story about a girl who can’t touch anyone becomes something much bigger about identity, agency, and what it means to be human in a world that’s forgotten how.
This book stressed me out. It was so emotionally packed. In a way, that was the main focus, the chaos was just like a side dish. It was a unique book, a very unique book. One other thing I love about it is its name. I love the creativity, the covers too are remarkable and truly speaks well of the book. out of 5 stars, it is getting a 4 from me.
It was a great read and I am glad I waited till I read it. I sacrificed some days of sleep to finish it but that’s not biggie(major biggie; I’m living off coffee.)
Thanks for reading.
Disclaimer: The books were too many to take screenshots of their covers and do a cute cover page for this review. Either that or I was too lazy to do that. Anyways this is the link to the first image used, link
Ou and guys, the primal of blood and bones that I talked about waiting for last year i finally out!!! But first, I am reading about Daddy Nyktos as the long wait is finally over!