WARNING: SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS FAR IN THE SHATTER ME SERIES, STOP NOW. DO NOT READ. THIS IS BOOK 4. FOR THE REVIEW ON BOOK 1, CHECK OUT SHATTER ME. FOR BOOK 2, CHECK OUT UNRAVEL ME. FOR BOOK 3, CHECK OUT IGNITE ME.
"Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch—and now she's got the whole world in the palm of her hand. When tragedy hits, who will she become? Will she be able to control the power she wields and use it for good?"
Review:
Is this what getting older feels like? Getting irritated by the shenanigans of the YOUTHS???? Because I am sick and tired of 'em. This entire book is filled with SO. MUCH. TALKING. And none of said talking is to our main character, the supreme commander. I Just can't wrap my brain around the fact that so much of this book was spent with people telling each other that they have important and world-shattering news for Juliette and then everyone being like "you tell her! No, you tell her!" I wanted slap each and every one of them.
I think the longer the book went on the more frustrated I got with it all. None of the characters are really doing anything of consequence except debating who should be the bearer of bad news. And to top it all off, once our main character has all the information, is understandably traumatized and then must proceed with her plans as Supreme Commander, we are suddenly propelled into superspeed mode through the climax of the story, and then it's over. I went back and actually checked, the climactic scene, the symposium that they've been preparing for, was a grand total of FOUR PAGES LONG. It was as if the author could not have been bothered to actually write this scene. I was stunned.
It's moments like this that make me reflect on the types of books I'm reading. sadly this installment fell into an all-too-familiar pattern of tropes and plot points that a lot of YA stories seem to be regurgitating these days and it was sad to see a story that had so much promise and originality crumble so wholly. This was a disappointing read, but I don't want to give up. I'm four books deep with only two left to go, so I intend on seeing this to the end. I only hope is that we recover from this colossal failure.
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