Like homegirl was getting sexually assaulted and literally tried to kill him to get away and everyone is romanticizing it? what the fuck? Ok and in the second book where she randomly out of fucking nowhere decides hes so endearing like it happened so fast and was so out of character too like it doesnt make sense at all what the fuck was the author thinking. Has the author heard of consent? Like the whole thing where the enemies start makeing out in an unlikey event i think is pretty nice but both of them are supposed to WANT it. Like not a single ounce of “i hate him but hes jinda cute” kind of thing and i get how some ppl hate when enemies to lovers tropes arent actul enemies in the first half but its fucking weird and creepy when the guy is constantly forcing himself onto the girl who is CLEARLY uncomfortable and not wanting to do witb that. Also everyone is always talking about how the enemies to lovers is so good in the book but its not even there, like the bad guy is head over heels for the main girl and rhe main girl has zero attraction for him. Like the author keeps addinf stupid shit to make the story align better like the two random guys that like the main character girl happens to be the only ones with the power to be able to touch her, what a load of fucking bullshit. the plot is all over the place, excruciatingly boring and it feels like the DRAFT of a fanfiction written by a 15 year old kid. first this book fuckign sucks, dont even consider reading it because its so fucking bad. Ok i havent read this book in a while so i dont remember the names of the characters so im just going to refer to them as that guy or something. | Instagram | Twitter | Reader Fox Blog | Bloglovin’ | Facebook | Juliette and Warner are in an abusive relationship. But at least like them knowing the facts: Warner is abusive. Nevermind that time and time again his love is portrayed as selfish and only insofar as she benefits him. Warner may hurt Juliette and be forgiven for it time and time again all because, beneath his terrible acts, his motives are supposedly based in the fact that he loves her. In this way, I see these books as being very poorly written.īut the worst thing of all is the fact that abuse is lauded as romantic in these novels. She creates characters and then manipulates them into unrealistic actions in order to push them in the direction she wanted, even if it doesn't actually make any sense to do so. Mafi manipulates her readers to try and force them to like Warner. There are plenty of people who suffer abuse and do not lash out and abuse the people they "love." His brokenness does not mean that he deserves your forgiveness. His brokenness does not make it okay for him to hurt you. To any girl who meets a boy who was "broken" by the way someone in his life treated him, who gets treated horribly by this boy - run. And once I've finished annotating all of these books, I will share with you all why that is. He did not deserve or earn her forgiveness. As if the fact that they love this person makes it okay that they hurt them in these ways. I am deeply saddened by the fact that "broken" characters somehow are given the okay to horrifically damage their partners in the name of love. I am baffled by the fact that people find their relationship romantic. And I haven't even truly scratched the surface yet. Warner's obsession with Juliette is terrifying. To have Juliette degrade herself and regress entirely in her character development to the point that she falls for her abuser was disturbing on a number of insane levels. And honestly? If Warner genuinely wanted to develop himself and become a better person, it should have been with someone else. There are some things that are unforgivable. Never in my life had I expected that the author would try to manipulate me into liking the despicable Warner.įorgiveness is important in life, for sure, but I don't think it plays a role here. It's interesting, reading this book again. As of this moment, I have only annotated the first nine and a half chapters. I opened Shatter Me last night and began. I ordered physical copies of the first three books and the short stories that exist in between them. Well, I'd started but eventually lost track due to life and my desire to read books that were more deserving of my attention. It must have been over a year ago now that I said I was going to be rereading the Shatter Me series in order to shed some light on the deeply problematic aspects of abuse romanticism that exists within the series. The Shatter Me series romanticizes abuse click here for an ongoing, in-depth commentary about abuse romanticism in this series and others.
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