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cosmicjess
i cried like 6 times at the end, which wasn't cute.
let it be known; i would die for these characters
pls... everyone... it hurts me to give this a 3 stars as much as it hurts you to see it. but this just wasn't it.
i'd still deem this series one of my all time favourites; nothing can compare to the visceral feeling i felt binging the first 3 books in the summer of 2018. i was at my peak, i feel, because those books gave me so much life and enjoyment.
i think this book did give me joy, too. just not the same kind. also yes, i would die for all of them. excluding jericho
edit: 03/16/2020
yeah i'm gonna need to bump this down to a 2 stars. i've given myself a week to think on it and i genuinely struggle to find enjoyable aspects from this book.
this book barely gave me joy. it barely scraped the surface. it ruined characters i'd loved so much, thrown in way too many tropes that i cannot get behind, and gave redemption arcs to characters who do not deserve it.
i can't sit here and say i liked this book. it hurts to think, but it makes me have a different outlook on the series as a whole. which just does not sit well with me.
all in all, i wished i loved this book! i do. it's the conclusion to my favourite series and libba bray is one of my favourite authors, yet here we are.
pls... everyone... it hurts me to give this a 3 stars as much as it hurts you to see it. but this just wasn't it.
i'd still deem this series one of my all time favourites; nothing can compare to the visceral feeling i felt binging the first 3 books in the summer of 2018. i was at my peak, i feel, because those books gave me so much life and enjoyment.
i think this book did give me joy, too. just not the same kind. also yes, i would die for all of them. excluding jericho
edit: 03/16/2020
yeah i'm gonna need to bump this down to a 2 stars. i've given myself a week to think on it and i genuinely struggle to find enjoyable aspects from this book.
this book barely gave me joy. it barely scraped the surface. it ruined characters i'd loved so much, thrown in way too many tropes that i cannot get behind, and gave redemption arcs to characters who do not deserve it.
i can't sit here and say i liked this book. it hurts to think, but it makes me have a different outlook on the series as a whole. which just does not sit well with me.
all in all, i wished i loved this book! i do. it's the conclusion to my favourite series and libba bray is one of my favourite authors, yet here we are.
*4.25 stars
i actually really liked this! what a shock, i'm not the biggest fan of faerie books. very few have ever caught my attention with both a wonderful world and fleshed out characters, but this one had both.
the world was so lush and gorgeous, descriptions of each court and the land isabel resided in were what i needed to feel attached. the characters had minds of their own; personalities that came off the page.
i adored the setting of the seasonal courts. that's a concept in faerie stories that i love every time, and this story did it beautifully!
earlier this year, i read a sorcery of thornes and liked it, but this one had magical descriptions and love that i was so enchanted by. both were wonderful, mind you.
i actually really liked this! what a shock, i'm not the biggest fan of faerie books. very few have ever caught my attention with both a wonderful world and fleshed out characters, but this one had both.
the world was so lush and gorgeous, descriptions of each court and the land isabel resided in were what i needed to feel attached. the characters had minds of their own; personalities that came off the page.
i adored the setting of the seasonal courts. that's a concept in faerie stories that i love every time, and this story did it beautifully!
earlier this year, i read a sorcery of thornes and liked it, but this one had magical descriptions and love that i was so enchanted by. both were wonderful, mind you.
i FINALLY finished thus trilogy and it broke me in every way possible... i am nothing but a shell
*3.25 stars
it got clearer and clearer the more i read, where i could know who is who. the different family threads that connected the characters. and their writing is always so amazing!
it got clearer and clearer the more i read, where i could know who is who. the different family threads that connected the characters. and their writing is always so amazing!
*4.25 stars
this book had no right being that much fun! bitch what? i'm in awe with how much i enjoyed myself while reading it ugh .
this book had no right being that much fun! bitch what? i'm in awe with how much i enjoyed myself while reading it ugh .
did i understand what happened? no. is it because i'm dumb? probably. did i like it tho? absolutely
*4.5 stars
????? i LOVED this?????? how did that happen?? now get ready for some gushing
shatter me has been a favourite series of mine since i was a pre-teen. i read it plenty of times in my middle school and early high school years and it brought me a different kind of joy. one that was easy to get lost in, through a world that terrified yet intrigued me all the same. there are characters in this series that will forever stay some of my favourites of all times (i'm looking at you, kenji kishimoto and aaron warner).
i will wholeheartedly admit, as a shatter me stan since forever, that the second trilogy was never going to be up to par with the first, and i went into [b:Restore Me|34992929|Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)|Tahereh Mafi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507232049l/34992929._SY75_.jpg|56266771] with that mindset. that nothing would be the excitement i felt when i bought [b:Ignite Me|13188676|Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)|Tahereh Mafi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375972497l/13188676._SY75_.jpg|40181098], and read it for the first time the same day it came out, and when i got to gush about it with my friends in grade 10. i reread that book so much, multiple times a year when i was in high school.
i'm not ashamed at the fact that i love these books, and my enjoyment of the second trilogy was probably influenced by the fact that i'm super nostalgic for this series.
[b:Imagine Me|44054122|Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6)|Tahereh Mafi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563815428l/44054122._SY75_.jpg|56266825] gave me first trilogy vibes. it gave me the fear and excitement and awe i felt in the first trilogy, and i think that's why it has to be a new favourite book in the whole series. the scenes with kenji and warner, two characters who i felt were complete opposites and i'm a huge sucker for opposite friends, and juliette's time in the reestablishment.
there were issues with this book: the way characters who were posed as important that were killed off off-screen or with little climax to them (ibrahim), uncertainty around anderson in juliette's pov but the second kenji and warner are reintroduced to juliette in kenji's pov, we're back to how it was before. the entirely weird relationship with anderson and juliette, i couldn't get around to understanding like?? because he reminded her of warner and her brain subconsciously thought he was /attractive/?? i gagged plenty o'times reading it. kenji and nazeera's underdeveloped relationship, where i see the want to gibe kenji, a new main and pov-carrying character a love interest, but not at all going through the work it takes to develop a relationship (and why, oh why, was he not confirmed bi this has been an ongoing conversation since forever, missed opportunity!).
besides all of that, i thoroughly enjoyed myself and the way this story ended, with a warner pov to round out the series, shatter me remains a fave series of mine.
????? i LOVED this?????? how did that happen?? now get ready for some gushing
shatter me has been a favourite series of mine since i was a pre-teen. i read it plenty of times in my middle school and early high school years and it brought me a different kind of joy. one that was easy to get lost in, through a world that terrified yet intrigued me all the same. there are characters in this series that will forever stay some of my favourites of all times (i'm looking at you, kenji kishimoto and aaron warner).
i will wholeheartedly admit, as a shatter me stan since forever, that the second trilogy was never going to be up to par with the first, and i went into [b:Restore Me|34992929|Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)|Tahereh Mafi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507232049l/34992929._SY75_.jpg|56266771] with that mindset. that nothing would be the excitement i felt when i bought [b:Ignite Me|13188676|Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)|Tahereh Mafi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375972497l/13188676._SY75_.jpg|40181098], and read it for the first time the same day it came out, and when i got to gush about it with my friends in grade 10. i reread that book so much, multiple times a year when i was in high school.
i'm not ashamed at the fact that i love these books, and my enjoyment of the second trilogy was probably influenced by the fact that i'm super nostalgic for this series.
[b:Imagine Me|44054122|Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6)|Tahereh Mafi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563815428l/44054122._SY75_.jpg|56266825] gave me first trilogy vibes. it gave me the fear and excitement and awe i felt in the first trilogy, and i think that's why it has to be a new favourite book in the whole series. the scenes with kenji and warner, two characters who i felt were complete opposites and i'm a huge sucker for opposite friends, and juliette's time in the reestablishment.
there were issues with this book: the way characters who were posed as important that were killed off off-screen or with little climax to them (ibrahim), uncertainty around anderson in juliette's pov but the second kenji and warner are reintroduced to juliette in kenji's pov, we're back to how it was before. the entirely weird relationship with anderson and juliette, i couldn't get around to understanding like?? because he reminded her of warner and her brain subconsciously thought he was /attractive/?? i gagged plenty o'times reading it. kenji and nazeera's underdeveloped relationship, where i see the want to gibe kenji, a new main and pov-carrying character a love interest, but not at all going through the work it takes to develop a relationship (and why, oh why, was he not confirmed bi this has been an ongoing conversation since forever, missed opportunity!).
besides all of that, i thoroughly enjoyed myself and the way this story ended, with a warner pov to round out the series, shatter me remains a fave series of mine.
