RELEASE DATE. February 5, 2013
PUBLISHER. HarperCollins
PAGES. 480
FORMAT. Advance Reading Copy
AGE GROUP. Young Adult
GENRE/S. Action, Dystopian, Romance
SOURCE. Publisher
PURCHASE. AMAZON | THE BOOK DEPOSITORY
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time for war.
Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.
She’s finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.
Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.
In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam’s life.
THOUGHTS. Reading Unravel Me didn’t take me a day, two days, or three days to finish. It took me longer than what I expected. It took me more days of slow contemplation, more days of careful judgement, and more days of utter wonderment. And there were only many two reasons why. First, I wanted to absorb every word of every line of every page of this book. Second, it just happened that no warning sign was issued to me that Juliette’s tangible world immediately encompassed me and I couldn’t get out—so easily.
Once again, I was left blinded by Juliette’s Mafi’s beautiful and mesmerizing words. I kept falling for her words but this time I’m bleeding for them. Her usual juxtaposition of themes—like death, fear, hope, love and redemption—to both living and non-living things is still such a splendid job. The constant strike-throughs is still evident and uniquely and beautifully used throughout the course of the story.
But the strength of the book never stops there.
Let us not forget the stars of this story, the brightest indeed, the amazingly flawed characters of Juliette, Adam, Warner and Kenji. Shatter Me introduced us to them with indistinct personalities. This time, in Unravel Me, they’re more human more real to me now. As humans characters, they are growing and getting stronger despite the different circumstances that come their way. And its refreshing to see a side of them we never known in Shatter Me. There were also times when I couldn’t decide if I will love them or hate them for what they’re doing in their life. And that’s why I love Mafi more. She created them in such a way that you will love them, hate them, kick them, scream at them and root for them as they come to terms of their own powers and their own destinies.
Unravel Me is, without a doubt, Mafi’s most gripping work yet. Mafi was able to keep yet outdid her style and skill in Unravel Me thus making it a stronger sequel than its powerful debut. She ambushed me with scenes both alluring and intoxicating, gunned me with words both beautiful and unforgettable, and bruised me with revelations both intensifying and shocking. Tahereh Mafi’s style of telling a story is just addictive, irresistible and at times magical. What makes her stories addictive are not just the harrowing setting and the unique way she writes but by the way her characters are manipulated and prejudiced by love.
Now, I’m appalled wondering what’s in store for us me with the series coming to a close.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Tahereh Mafi is a girl.