#61 in Dystopian
Destroy Me
- 83
- Pages
- about 1.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Destroy Me” is a novella that exists to put readers inside Warner’s head, and for some it changes how they see him. Set between “Shatter Me” and “Unravel Me”, it shows the reasons behind his fixation on Juliette without excusing what he does. Others remain unconvinced that he can be redeemed, or dislike the prose style. At eighty-odd pages it is a companion piece, not a starting point.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Set after Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me and before Unravel Me, the spellbinding sequel, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45. In Shatter Me, Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner -- and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she'll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of . . . Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner's father, the Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son's mistakes, it's clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 350 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Dystopian average of 7.7. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 24 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 326 | 93% |
Frequently asked
What age is Destroy Me for?
Destroy Me sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 83 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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