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A review by determinationss
Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I had so many expectations for this book. But honestly I’m at the point where I feel as if I should stop expecting greatness from Mafi. There are times where her books bring me such sweet emotion and glee, and there are times where I’m reading a chapter and just saying, “what the hell is the point of this”
I have. a few grievances, one being the fact that no “war” has lasted longer than two chapters in this entire series. Every conflict seems to be just another time waster in an attempt to give the series a cohesive plot. Which it doesn’t even work.
I loved the idea of Juliette’s secret identity and I loved the idea of her and project Synthesis. I hated however, how it was done after book #5. She goes through this entire journey of learning who she is and being confident in her new identity only for it to be wiped AGAIN. And then returned AGAIN 5 seconds after she gets to see Aaron again.
Another thing, Aaron and Kenji’s relationship just straight up pissed me off. There were moments where they had a brief sense of a brotherhood only for it to be taken AGAIN. It was one of the most frustrating things about the series not to mention Kent still being a character despite adding nothing to the story past book #2.
And, Juliette tells everyone that she wants to be Ella only to revoke that in this book because she “doesn’t want to give Anderson the power”?????
Let’s not forget the fact that Mafi made Ella fawn over Anderson? Was that not mildly concerning for anyone else? It was a severely unnecessary plot point that should’ve never been added.
Kenji and his relationship with (I don’t remember how to spell her name) Never went anywhere. Yet Aaron and Ella get books about their relationship but Kenji never even gets his own moment. Why have him be a narrator if he just gets discarded and only used as a way to talk about Ella? What’s the point in even having his pov?
I’m very disappointed in this ending, it was poorly executed and overall I’m sad that what I thought was going to be a new favorite series ended up being a dud.
I have. a few grievances, one being the fact that no “war” has lasted longer than two chapters in this entire series. Every conflict seems to be just another time waster in an attempt to give the series a cohesive plot. Which it doesn’t even work.
I loved the idea of Juliette’s secret identity and I loved the idea of her and project Synthesis. I hated however, how it was done after book #5. She goes through this entire journey of learning who she is and being confident in her new identity only for it to be wiped AGAIN. And then returned AGAIN 5 seconds after she gets to see Aaron again.
Another thing, Aaron and Kenji’s relationship just straight up pissed me off. There were moments where they had a brief sense of a brotherhood only for it to be taken AGAIN. It was one of the most frustrating things about the series not to mention Kent still being a character despite adding nothing to the story past book #2.
And, Juliette tells everyone that she wants to be Ella only to revoke that in this book because she “doesn’t want to give Anderson the power”?????
Let’s not forget the fact that Mafi made Ella fawn over Anderson? Was that not mildly concerning for anyone else? It was a severely unnecessary plot point that should’ve never been added.
Kenji and his relationship with (I don’t remember how to spell her name) Never went anywhere. Yet Aaron and Ella get books about their relationship but Kenji never even gets his own moment. Why have him be a narrator if he just gets discarded and only used as a way to talk about Ella? What’s the point in even having his pov?
I’m very disappointed in this ending, it was poorly executed and overall I’m sad that what I thought was going to be a new favorite series ended up being a dud.