Shatter Me (Shatter Me, 1)

By far my FAVOURITE book. In the beginning I feel like what she was going through is what some people feel inside but will not express. I 100% recommend this book, I literally couldn’t stop reading it and read it for 4 hours straight. So many people love Warner and hate Adam, but tbh I don’t like Warner cause he is so self-centred. Adam is amazing 🤩

I'm a bit underwhelmed with this book. It’s not that I didn’t like it, but I also didn’t love it. It felt very anti-climatic and I felt like I was missing so much of the story. I enjoyed the premise and the characters I was just missing some context and depth. One reason for the lack of information could be because this is the first in the series, so not all information is going to be presented right away. Another reason would be because this is from Juliette’s perspective and she doesn’t know what’s happening therefore we don’t either. I’m overall okay with it if the series as a whole is gripping. I was confused by Juliette’s “condition” for the majority of the book and I was fairly annoyed with how weak she is portrayed. I typically prefer a strong FMC so I hope she grows throughout the series because she was a bit insufferable at times. In the end what I disliked the most was actually the writing style. I understand the POV but the repetitive writing, lack of punctuation and childish narrative was tough for me to get through at times. Even though this wasn't my favorite, I’ve heard so much about this series so I am very much looking forward to seeing what happens in the next books!

Just not very good, it’s low-key entertaining and readable but I wouldn’t read it again I have no clue why I continued with this series for so long - it could have definitely all been in half the amount of books it all progress’ so slowly it’s unbelievable and I won’t be reading any past the 4 (stupid) I’ve already read

{can’t remember the specific dates somewhere between July and now}

So many people recommended this book to me. I went into it blind, not looking anything up prior. Overall, I'm left rather confused. I don't feel like there was enough background on Juliette to fully understand and connect with her. We don't figure out the horrible thing she did until the second half of the book, but she's locked up for that incident from page 1. I'm confused about how Warner is obsessed and in love with a girl he doesn't know. As far as the readers know, he came out of the blue and announced his love for her. I didn't necessarily dislike this book, but it is not high on my list to recommend to people.

I understand this is a series, so I want to give the second one a chance in hopes that plot holes will be answered and the details that feel like they are missing will be provided. However, it is not high on my priority list.

I should have DNF’d I can’t do the repetitive writing. I won’t be continuing this series.