Fracture Me

Adam Kent is a considerably less interesting character than Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner, the other narrators in the [b:Shatter Me 10429045 Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) Tahereh Mafi https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387338589s/10429045.jpg 15333458] series. Nonetheless, I felt the need to read this just because sometimes I feel like I need Tahereh Mafi's words in my life and her Twitter isn't always enough. Unfortunately, there isn't much here. The majority of the action is a rehash of what went on in [b:Unravel Me 13104080 Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) Tahereh Mafi https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1340287622s/13104080.jpg 18276967], just from Adam's perspective, and his point of view is less than illuminating. I'll give her one thing, Mafi is definitely committed to giving her characters distinctive voices. But Fracture Me is so much more simply written than the other books and novella that Adam comes off as kind of a meathead. Not to mention he speaks of Juliette in a rather patronizing way. To be honest, I really shouldn't be suprised. They two of them really don't know each other that well, and they're behavior around eachother kind of backs up this point of view. This is lust, totally understandable and affectionate lust, but it's not love. Hate to admit it, but Juliette and Warner have far more in common, not to mention Warner actually seems to respect her as a person and her abilities. In what upside-down universe am I actually making the argument for the “bad boy”?Writing action is also clearly not Mafi's strong suit, as she plows through moments of suspense and violence with an air of “Please get me out of here so I can write some angst instead.” Being that action is the majority of this novella, I'm really curious as to what possessed her to write it. She was at her best form in [b:Destroy Me 13623150 Destroy Me (Shatter Me, #1.5) Tahereh Mafi https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1340398466s/13623150.jpg 19226840] (I really should have given that a higher rating, but I have a hard time giving what is essentially an interlude anything higher than three stars), where the prose was still beautiful, but more refined and controlled than it is in Juliette's books.I don't blame anyone for being curious about this, but this is not worth the $2.99, not even for the three chapters of [b:Ignite Me 13188676 Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) Tahereh Mafi https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1375972497s/13188676.jpg 18369706] that come with it. You're better off just waiting for February like I should have.