Shatter Me

By: Tahereh Mafi

Narrated by: Kate Simses

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

"You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him. But things happen when people touch me. Strange things. Bad things.

No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon.

But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time - and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.

©2011 Tahereh Mafi (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

Very difficult to stop listening.

I'm not sure why there's quite a bit of bad reviews for this audiobook, but I enjoyed it. I finished this book quickly, and I'm about to start the second book right now. The narrator did an amazing job.

Loved This Book!

I am absolutely breathless. This book took me by surprise, made me cling to the characters and I am overall in love with this book and writing style!

Steamy and curious

I can not wait to read the next book in this series. This is amazing.

Good story annoying narrator

I really like the story and the way it is written! The descriptions put you right there with the characters. I just wish the narrator was different. The high pitched voice is like baby talk in my ears.

Very predictable

It was very predictable I felt everything that went wrong was very quickly solved. The main character was very annoying in my opinion it was just very straight forward I felt there was no anticipation and was overall very cringe

Booktok got me

I didn’t hate it. I just didn’t get the hype. I also kind of want her to end up with the villain because he’s far more interesting then the actual love interest. I can’t decide if I like the writing style or if I’m feeling like it was a bit much. It’s kind of boring. I also hate wasting credits on books this short. The author could have done a lot more world building. I think that would have made the book so much better.

AMAZING

It’s the best book I’ve read in my entire life jr the d end Snns’s

Poetry sounding story

The author uses words while telling this story like a poet. It is a very emotionally gripped story. I deeply enjoyed it.

For six grade girls

This is why you do not write a review until you have finished the book. Had I written the review at the end of ten chapters, I would have given it five stars. It starts out with this girl in prison. A prison where there is only a small window about fist size. The only light is through that window. She is fed maybe once a day. She has been in prison for nine months and has not spoken to anyone in that time. It kind of reminded me a little of Room by Donoghue. The language or vocabulary is different then any I have heard in any book: See Examples. When the story started to go down hill, which is when she is let out of this jail for another jail, I stayed with it for the flavor of Mafi's words. After about a third of the book is over, the story seems rushed, gets very predictable and even the tasty language which had been about every other sentence stops, with the exception of the semi-love scenes. With the exception of one line in the whole book(See Examples), the love scenes are very middle school. The bad guy is laughable. The book ends with a copy of X-Men.

Examples of Mafi's savory language; My words use no parachutes as they fall out of my mouth. I've discovered I don't know how to breathe. The bed under my back. My eyes are fighting not to flutter. I am going to memorize every inch of your body with my lips. I die stupid in that second.

I wish I could have written these down as I drove, they come at you every other sentence in the first half of the book. If Mafi ever writes an adult novel or erotica, I most assuredly want to read it. This book went from five stars to two stars faster then a speeding bullet and I have no interest in the rest of the series.

The narrator sounds like a ten year old girl, the girl is seventeen.

WOW!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

i was drawn in right away and the story line is original. The author wrote in such a unique way, your not sure what is said aloud vs. what is being written in her journal.

What other book might you compare Shatter Me to and why?

It's a little like The Pledge, but not really. Both are post apocalyptic America. both have female lead who must find an inner strength, and have a romeo and juliet type love interest.

Have you listened to any of Kate Simses’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no, never

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I did enjoy the story, when she triumphs, i felt pride. when she fears, i was insecure, i didn't know why no one could touch her, but i didn't want them to.

Any additional comments?

I can not wait for more from this author, for a first effort, this book was most excellent.