A review by b0r3d_2710_
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

"Sometimes I wonder about glue. No one ever stops to ask glue how it’s holding up. If it’s tired of sticking things together or worried about falling apart or wondering how it will pay its bills next week."

What the actual fuck?
And there are lot more like these thrown in the book. Not gonna lie, I'm aggravated. I get that Adam has blue eyes, can Juliette just fucking stop saying thay every god damn time. These metaphors are infuriating me to an extent that makes me want to stop reading but I still do read because like everyone, I like Kenji. A lot. He's THE best thing in this series. He's superior to all the other characters in this series. He's so funny and witty and when he put Juliette in her place, god I so loved that scene.

Now speaking about the girl, her whines are still pretty annoying. Juliette in this book was completely ignorant and it was so hard to read because she never thought about anything and immediately reacted, ended up taking pretty much bad decisions all the time. She was so codependent in the relationship. I'm glad they broke up, I wanted them to break up because she knew nothing other than Adam and just Adam. She had no life, no purpose, just whining and making out with Adam. And I hate Adam as well that he just can't accept the fact that she had broken up with him and followed her everywhere, begging for love. 

So the first part of the book was quite boring like nothing was happening at all. When Warner was back in the scene, I was in relief. And I like him. He's changed a lot. It does seem a bit weird to see him as the polar opposite of what he was shown as earlier but nonetheless I get why he has so many fans. Although I still don't get why he had to go back to his father and betray Omega Point (Idk if it would even be considered as a betrayal).

And I kinda guessed that they were both brothers. It was just a thought in the back of my mind and turned out to be true. So it wasn't a big surprise. And talking about his father, the Supreme commander of North America, a freaking continent lures this girl in a house and gets shot in both legs and gets crippled, like idk it's just so unbelievable. 

And I think the military tactics, the warfare, it was just dumb okay. It was poorly done. The fact that Reestablishment had 500 soldiers against 50, with guns, futuristic weapons, freaking tanks and bombs and they were against a woman in a tree with knives and arrows... 

They need a new strategist. Like for real.

And the book seemed a lot similar to Hunger Games then I had anticipated. In Hunger Games, District 12 was destroyed and here Omega Point was. In Hunger Games, there was District 13, a revolution against Capitol and here it was Omega Point against the Reestablishment. Also Gale and Adam are so similar. But guess our brown haired girls got hots for the blondes.