Shatter Me

So, I actually didn't hate this as much as I thought I would. I enjoyed maybe thirty percent of it before it all went downhill, but... um... it really went downhill. I do not like to think about eyeballs. They just exist. I don't want to look at them. I hate this cover. But that's irrelevant. The hi......more

Shat­ter Me, oth­er­wise known as: When Cre­ative Writ­ing Class Goes Wrong. I am all for exper­i­men­tal writ­ing, for stretch­ing your abil­i­ties and try­ing to find fresh ways to express ideas. Occa­sion­ally you end up with genius, but most of the time you result in pre­ten­tious, awk­ward prose......more

Juliette describing Adam’s eyes “...perfect shade of cobalt, blue like a blossoming bruise, clear and deep and decided” “…careful, curious” “… 2 buckets of rainwater; deep, fresh, clear” “…blue and bottomless like the deepest part of the ocean” “…tight” “…as tight as his fists as tight as the strain in h......more

4/5 stars. The only reason I gave this book 4 and not 5 stars is because I really dislike Adam and Juliette as a couple. Juliette “loved” Adam because he was the only one who was nice to her, the only one who noticed her when they were kids. It hasn't changed. He can touch her, and she- the girl who h......more

I literally read 300 pgs in one sitting and finished the whole book in 24 hrs. Haven't done that with a book in a LONG time. That's how much I loved it. I love that we jump straight into the plot. That made it such a fast read. And THE WRITING STYLE. I know it's not going to be for everyone, but I lo......more