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A review by miajorg
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
5.0
TLDR of the review: AHHHHHHHHH SO GOOD
(Many swear words in this review)
Firstly, the writing in this book is fucking brilliant. Every line is so meticulously thought out and the metaphors and analogies Mafi has used follow through the entire book. Honestly the best YA books I have ever read. Here is a quote which is a great example of what I mean:
“So I have to keep remembering that Warner and I are 2 different words.
We are synonyms but not the same.
Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who’ve seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about their origins and forget that though they are similar, they are entirely different, and though they share a certain set of attributes, one can never be the other. Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything.
They are not the same.”
The “rambling diary of thoughts” works so well for this series and what it is!! You can FEEL Juliette through the writing. Through the repetition and the run on sentences and it feels like you are inside her mind and it’s fucking incredible!!
This book made me feel SO MANY different things so here is a summary of my emotions:
WARNING! Slight spoilers ahead and also I am always very sympathetic to the MC and imagine myself as them, so take my words with a grain of salt. Finally, I love self pity. In my mind, the MC can do no wrong.
1. Fury and self-pity. The whole “people getting mad at Juliette for not adjusting, and for being scared to talk to people, and for getting mad over Adam’s “consensual” torture” is FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE. This whole part of the book made me so stressed over Juliette’s pain, and I was so mad at Castle and Kenji.
2. Annoyance. What is it with YA characters and NOT TALKING WITH THEIR ROMANTIC PARTNERS?!!???! LIKE PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER YOU PIECE OF SHIT.
3. Pissed off. Adam was so annoying to Juliette after you know what. In my opinion, he was being selfish and was not looking at the situation from Juliette’s point of view. He didn’t care that what she was doing for him was hurting her, he just kept pushing and pushing and putting her in a shit position. SO ANNOYING.
4. Understanding. The whole big about Warner. I remember now why we come to like him.
5. Pissed again. AHHH KENJI YOU’RE SO ANNOYING. IT WASN’T HER!!! And I felt so bad for Juliette during this bit.
Can’t really remember my other emotions so the end.
(Many swear words in this review)
Firstly, the writing in this book is fucking brilliant. Every line is so meticulously thought out and the metaphors and analogies Mafi has used follow through the entire book. Honestly the best YA books I have ever read. Here is a quote which is a great example of what I mean:
“So I have to keep remembering that Warner and I are 2 different words.
We are synonyms but not the same.
Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who’ve seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about their origins and forget that though they are similar, they are entirely different, and though they share a certain set of attributes, one can never be the other. Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything.
They are not the same.”
The “rambling diary of thoughts” works so well for this series and what it is!! You can FEEL Juliette through the writing. Through the repetition and the run on sentences and it feels like you are inside her mind and it’s fucking incredible!!
This book made me feel SO MANY different things so here is a summary of my emotions:
WARNING! Slight spoilers ahead and also I am always very sympathetic to the MC and imagine myself as them, so take my words with a grain of salt. Finally, I love self pity. In my mind, the MC can do no wrong.
1. Fury and self-pity. The whole “people getting mad at Juliette for not adjusting, and for being scared to talk to people, and for getting mad over Adam’s “consensual” torture” is FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE. This whole part of the book made me so stressed over Juliette’s pain, and I was so mad at Castle and Kenji.
2. Annoyance. What is it with YA characters and NOT TALKING WITH THEIR ROMANTIC PARTNERS?!!???! LIKE PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER YOU PIECE OF SHIT.
3. Pissed off. Adam was so annoying to Juliette after you know what. In my opinion, he was being selfish and was not looking at the situation from Juliette’s point of view. He didn’t care that what she was doing for him was hurting her, he just kept pushing and pushing and putting her in a shit position. SO ANNOYING.
4. Understanding. The whole big about Warner. I remember now why we come to like him.
5. Pissed again. AHHH KENJI YOU’RE SO ANNOYING. IT WASN’T HER!!! And I felt so bad for Juliette during this bit.
Can’t really remember my other emotions so the end.