 PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
GENRE: Dystopian Romance / Thriller
PAGE COUNT: 338
FORMAT: Paperback
BUY ONLINE: amazon
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The synopsis at the back cover of this book goes like this-
“ I HAVE A CURSE.
I HAVE A GIFT.
I’M MORE THAN HUMAN.
MY TOUCH IS POWER.
I WILL FIGHT BACK.”
The beautiful front cover (see pic) and the above synopsis drew me towards this
book. The story is set on a dystopian
world and follows a girl named Juliette who happens to suffer from a rare
lethal disease where her mere touch can kill people. She has been living in an
asylum of sorts until the bad guys from “The Reestablishment” try to use her as
a weapon of destruction. There she meets the main villain Warner and her
childhood crush Adam. She has to decide whether she wants to use her power for
good or for evil.
The story is told from Juliette’s perspective. so we get to
know about her constant inner struggles and thoughts.
The writing style is the most interesting element of this
book. The sentences are poetic and flowery. Sometimes it was so ornamental that
it did not even make sense. For instance,
“ He says it with a small smile the size of jupiter”,
“ the sky is raining
bricks right into my skull “ ,
“ his smile is laced
with dynamite” LOL 😆
There were metaphors
and similes in almost every other sentence. I personally hate such writings
where the author tries to be poetic by
using over the top flowery sentences. That was the reason why I could not even
finish “The Wrath and The Dawn “ by Renee Ahdieh despite it being one of the
most popular acclaimed books of recent times. With this book though, I did not
mind the writing as the metaphors were too obvious and easy to understand . In
fact, I found them a bit funny at times. 😄
The other interesting aspect of its writing style was that
some of the phrases and sentences in the book were struck out. For instance,
“ I want to believe him I dont beleive him.”
Basically Juliette is trying to self censor her thoughts by
striking out those sentences which she feels is not right to say or think .
This was pretty cool.
The overall plot was simplistic with the three main
characters- Juliette, Warner and Adam playing significant roles. The love story
/ romance in the book was convincing but sometimes a bit gross and creepy. The
heavy use of metaphors while describing the romantic intimate scenes made me
cringe a bit.
Also a Trigger Warning for Abuse and Torture. Some of the
torture scenes were horrific . They were exaggerated to make it more dramatic.
Overall, I would have hated this book had it not been an
extremely fast paced book. I was able to finish it in two sittings. This was
good but not good enough for me to go ahead with the series.
RATING- 🌑🌑🌑 ( 3/5 )
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