#73 in Dystopian
Shatter Me
- 368
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Shatter Me” stands out for its voice: Juliette, seventeen, whose touch can kill, narrates in diary-like prose full of struck-through lines. What drives the book is the romance, and readers who respond to its intensity may reach straight for the sequel. Some find the dystopian setting thin, little more than a backdrop for the love story.
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About the book
Shatter Me is a young adult fiction dystopian romantic thriller written by Tahereh Mafi, published on November 15, 2011. The book is narrated by Juliette, a 17 year-old girl with a lethal touch. The book deviates from the typical writing approach, instead being printed with multiple scribbled out lines and words, reading as more a diary than a novel. Shatter Me is the first of a series of seven books along with five novellas.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 973 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.2 — the Dystopian average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 196 | 20% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 777 | 80% |
Frequently asked
What age is Shatter Me for?
Shatter 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 368 pages — shorter than 66% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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