I have a curse 
 I have a gift 
 I am a monster 
 I'm more than human 
 My touch is lethal 
 My touch is power 
 I am their weapon 
 I will fight back 
 A deadly girl with a fatal curse gift, a motive of making a deadly weapon, a Saviour, a establishment that destroys, a secret organization which protects set up in a post-apocalypse world.A book that creates and destroys the readers all at the same time. 
 Shatter Me has really lived up to it's name. It holds raw power, power to shatter my heart into 5592 thousand pieces and it really did. A book so strong that you'll have seizures, and extreme fangirling moments. 
 Following are the honest words of an insane mundane girl with extreme moments of Fangirling. Proceed with caution: 
 What I absolutely loved about this book? 
 IT'S WRITING! An author whose writing first makes your toes curl with envy and then run to the hills at the sheer power of her words, an author like that is purely dangerous and may do us, the readers, some huge bodily harm. Some people are infuriated that the author used strike-through lines too much. But, I beg to differ it made it all the more interesting. The protagonist's thoughts, wants, VERSUS her words which were spoken aloud, her rational mind. There's a conflict between the two different minds and I seriously enjoyed it. 
 And there are some lines, which snatched my heart, made me wriggle on the floor and rendered me helpless. I was forced to love Tahereh's writing. 
 A BANG-ON START Seriously, there are very few book which captivate the reader's mind at the very first page. It kicked off with a massive start, a start so strong that it left me speechless, breathless, mind-blown, shattered, yeah, throw on some more adjectives here. I may run out of all adjectives and still not do justice to this book. 
 A UNIQUE STORY This is a story about a girl, Juliette Ferrars, whose touch can kill people in an instant. A monster with a bleeding heart which still cares about the world, gives a damn about others. But she cannot be a human while everyone thinks of her as an epitome of Devil. The world is cruel and she's abandoned, right from the very beginning, parents who hated her child, teachers who wanted her to die and friends who didn't even accept her existence. She is pushed away, away from civilization, into a cell, with the demons and shadows as her companion. The sun, moon and raindrops her only solace, but even the world was coming to an end. A group of people, the Reestablishment murdering the population and trying to save the dead world. 
 "I never thought it would get this bad. I never thought the Reestablishment would take things so far. They're incinerating culture, the beauty of diversity. The new citizens of our world will be reduced to nothing but numbers, easily interchangeable, easily removable, easily destroyed for disobedience." 
 This story was really very unique, a reminded me of different things at different times. I had different kind of book dejavu(S) and was really appreciable. 
 CHARACTERIZATION The characters were made real and I could feel for them, feel the happiness, feel the fear, feel their hurt. 
 "I am nothing but novocaine. I am numb, a world of nothing, all feeling and emotion gone forever. 
 I am a whisper that never was." 
 Juliette was made into a psychotic girl, who feared socialization after being isolated for so long. Her feelings and hurt bled through the pages. 
 Next comes Adam Kent, the one and only friend of Juliette, a person who sees her as a monster human being. He turns out to be a soldier and the Juliette's lover. Damn, he was freaking butterflies-in-stomach hot attractive. And yippee to me, for earning a new book boyfriend. I am sure my other boyfriends won't mind; will you Peeta, Rowan and Darcy (etc.)? 
 And this book deserves a big, big applause for the absence of The Bad Guy and replacing him with a make-your-legs-mushy kind of Anti-hero. I love you, Warner. 
 "His smile is laced with dynamite. "Go to sleep" 
 "Go to hell." 
 He works his jaw. Walks to the door. "I'm working on it." 
 He's bound to be loved. 
 But you should get a few kicks in your gut for the incident with the toddler. And if you don't behave the next time, you'll never get a place in my heart. 
 A few more appreciable characters: 
 "Dude, you ran off with the crazy chick! You ran off with the psycho girl!" he's calling after Adam. "I thought they made that shit up. What the hell were you thinking? What are you going to do with the psycho chick? No wonder Warner wants you dead - OW, MAN, what the hell - " 
 "She's not crazy. And she's not deaf, asshole." 
 Kenji. I feel like he'll turn out to be a pretty big character and he's the one for which the book has light spots of laughter. So yeah, I love him too. 
 "My voice softens. 'How old are you?' 
 'I'll be eleven next year.' 
 I grin. 'So you're ten years old?' 
 He crosses his arms. Frowns. 'I'll be twelve in two years.' 
 I think I already love this kid." 
 And James, Adam's beloved brother, simply a good boy. 
 Things which could've been better 
 THE FLOW OF THE STORY I really wanted it to be with more twists and turns, like everytime I took a corner, I waited for something to happen. Yes,thanks to other authors who throw heart-wrenching twists and turns at us at every corner. And now I look forward to it. I heart when something wrong happens and I hurt when nothing happens. And in this book nothing really happened. So sometimes, bored out of my wits. They planned, ran, ran again, and reached their goal. NO "Oh-my-God(s) or "Holy-Hell" in between. The only thing which had me withering to the ground was the romance. Annnnnd, the ROMANCE was sometimes too much, like seriously. Your damsel in distress cries and you go all over her. What is this? Time for a big eye-roll. 
 INSTA-LOVE Sometimes, and that is 0.001% of Sometimes, an Insta-love does work and changes the book for the better. But in this? 
 Just, no. No, not at all. One day, Juliette is scared of Adam and screams in agony and fear if he comes near her; and the next day they're sharing hidden kisses and pretty lies. Why, why Juliette. Don't be such a weakling, the fact that he can touch you without burning off his ass, doesn't mean you have to go all-gooey over him. That's SO NOT right. This is the one thing that I HATED. 
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERS Here, we are seeing a lonely, hurting, psychotic girl whose scared of everything and suddenly she changes into don't-give-a-shit, I-am-not-going-to-be-a-weapon-for- Warner kind of mode. And after that we see, a superwoman, practically a superwoman with latex suit and high-reaching-pride and happiness. Umm, hello? It takes a full trilogy to see that kind of massive change in a person. She went from being a depressed over-the-line girl to a brave superwoman, and we didn't see that coming. Show, not tell. Show me how she hardened up, how and why she became strong and cold. But Tahereh pushes the depressed in some kind of tunnel and she comes out like a cocky-brave girl. I did not like it. 
 THE RELATIONSHIP I never trusted the easy-going relationship between Adam and Juliette and don't think I can ever trust Adam. I have a gut-felling that he'll one way or in the other will betray her. So I gotta keep my eyes open for that.I am just downright suspicious. This is so smooth, just too smooth. Give me some throw-you-to-the-space kind of twists. The thing is same with Warner, he feels extremely good and then again he switches into something horrible. 
 UNNECESSARY MENTION OF UNNECESSARY THINGS There are just too many times, I am too lazy to count them, where Tahereh mentioned unnecessary things, like how the soldiers are standing in a still, well-coordinated position. Here is Warner, with a gun in his hand, deciding if he should kill Juliette or someone else and all you see is how well-dressed and still the soldiers are? I mean, c'mon there's a limit to stupidity. Things like that happen quite often. 
 All in all, it was a interesting read, and I will continue with the sequel. And hope for some things to get better, and hopefully will do a little more fangirling the next time. I just love the writing, and I have to read it, even if the next one is crappy, just because of the writing. I loved it, and give it shiny, delightful five stars!