Review : Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title : Unravel Me
Author : Tahereh Mafi
Genre : YA dystopia
Release Date : February 5th, 2013
Publisher : Harper Collins

GOODREADS | PURCHASE

tick 
tick
tick
tick
tick
it's almost
time for war.

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life

*Highlight for the spoilers

Well, to conclude, I actually like this book, but I prefer Shatter Me over this book. I think it's because the plot line is pretty boring (at least around half of the book), and I kind of can predict the ending.

The first half of the book is pretty boring. Basically, it's just about Juliette learn how to control her power, and how people live at Omega Point. This is actually interesting, but if you read half of the book about it, you'd get bored with it pretty quickly. On the other hand, the second half of the book is more interesting. There's some battles and warnette *cough*.

If you read my review of Shatter Me, there's nothing different with Juliette at first. She's still afraid with and loathe herself, especially after she knew about Adam's power. I was hoping there's some characters development in Juliette, but, unfortunately I didn't get it until the last few chapters. On the contrary, there's some differences in Adam's personality, but I kinda hate it. He became more whiny, just because Juliette broke up with him. I know that it's realistic--a lot of people become more whiny after a breakup--but that doesn't mean I like it.

Despite 2 a little disappointing characters, there's actually some characters that I like. The first would be Kenji. I swear, every book need a character like him! He's basically a sun after a storm. He brings happiness everywhere. I'm a little disappointed that we only get a glimpse of him in the first book, because I need more of him. The second is James, Adam's brother. He's really cute and adorable! If you have read Legend by Marie Lu, he's pretty similar with Eden. And the third would be..,well, I think you can guess it. He's, by far, the only character that has a very different personalities from the first book. The Warner we know in Shatter Me would be cruel and has no mercy. But in Unravel Me, he became sweeter, more polite, and not as bad as we thought before. I definitely love him more because this!

Overall, Unravel Me might be a little disappointing, but it's still interesting enough to made me want read the third book (I already have it!). If you plan to read this, don't let the first half of the book stop you because the slow pacing!