Defy Me
Ratings115
Average rating4.1
3.5/5 - I am still enjoying the series but idk this felt like most YA one so far and I think it was all of Kenji's narrations that drove my crazy. Also do NOT listen to the audiobook version ever lol
3.75/5⭐
This book was really hard to rate because it was entertaining but the plot wasn't really that good. I really want to know when she came up with all of this stuff because a lot of it feels like she just made it up. Bringing Anderson back to life really felt like a cop-out because she had to bring back the villan. Also all the memory loss stuff also felt like a cop-out and got really annoying really fast. So that was annoying but the book was pretty fast-paced. The book was wild plot-twist-wise. Keeping us in the dark about what was going on with Warner was very rude but it's ok because it was worth it. But I almost cried at the reunion at the end and also when they gave Warner a birthday party. ALSO KENJI POV!
I feel the best way to describe this book is to use a Taylor Swift quote
“I and I can feel it lost in the memories august slipped away like a bottle of wine because you were never mine” Dr Taylor Allison Swift.
We find so much about wanner and juliett's past that I can forgive him for the first book. I never thought i would be 100% on bord with him being the main love interest but considering everything we find out in this book, I love him.
Even though I read this in one day (mostly on a plane), and I wanna give this 5 stars, I don't know if I can. There were some dark scenes in here and I didn't like how Juliette and Warren spent a lot of time apart. Also the whole multiple mind erasing thing was just weird. Isn't once enough?
Also I don't like how Warren never has to apologize. Please?? Just once.
This is still a very solid series, I just think I'm liking the original trilogy better.
Me ha encantdo este libro, esta lleno de acción, descubrimientos y confesiones. Estoy muy triste no quiero terminar esta saga. Y ME MUERO CON EL FINAL, he llorado de la ternura.
rating - 5 / 5
This book basically said: ‘everything you know so far? well.. that was a lie.'
Like I said in my review of Restore me, the second half of the series takes a complete 360° turn from the first. It's better written, more mature and just reads better. However, if you thought Restore me was crazy, just wait till you read this.
(the rest of the review contains spoilers. not spoiler tagged)
I honestly don't know how to review these. It felt like middle school me was cruising through a dystopian series, back in 2016. I read the entire book in one sitting, and didn't expect any of the plot twists/ revelations, which is great. Also, I'm practically obsessed with Aaron so I could read about him watching paint dry, and still not be bored. (i.e I'm not the best person to objectively review this).
LOVED the Kenji pov. And juliette ella and warner ahhhh<3. Their backstory adds so much more depth to their story.
“because it didn't matter how many times he reset the story or remade the introductions- Aaron always fell in love with her.
OH MY GOD, I feel so happy. This book was amazing and I don't want this series to end
Dit boek wat het beste boek van de serie tot nu toe! Wat een mega goede serie.
Het wisselen tussen verleden en heden was soms wel verwarrend.
Er gebeurde zo veel en het was allemaal zoooo goed! Ik kan gewoon niet anders dan hem 5 sterren te geven. Ja er zijn andere boeken die beter zijn, maar ik moet het (voor deze serie) echt 5 sterren geven!
‼️GA DEZE SERIE LEZEN‼️
i mean,,if i'm being honest this felt like a book of reveals and then fluff for 100 pages but tahereh knows i'm trash for her bullshit.
So I kinda liked this?
I don't want to say too much because this is the 5th book but... it was really different from the others. Definitely a bit of middle book syndrome but I didn't mind that much because it was so different from the others. With that said, maybe this could have been a #4.5 kinda deal instead of a #5. I feel like that would have been a bit more fitting.
I confess that the only reason I go back to this series is because of Warner, maybe a little bit of Kenji, but mostly Warner.
I cannot believe how much I liked this installment, it's like every time I go back I get a feeling that I would end up hating it, but not this time. I admire how when it started with Shatter Me, I would enjoy parts of this book and that there is one POV that I look forward to, fast forward to Defy Me, my feeling went 360. The dystopian world was so thought of that every plot hole is justified. All those events back in the first book are slowly coming into new enlightenment that every character is insightful with one revelation to the other. It's all connected and well planned.
There is no doubt this series gives me new light into liking it, mad props to Tahereh who not only fought to get these books out because she has more to tell than 2 kids in love. The created world of The Reestablishment is altogether a gem that could easily be considered as a tiny idea to an enormously imagined new world.
If you would read my past reviews, you would understand how much I hate Juliette's character, but now that we have reached this point of the story, I applaud Tahereh for making me feel that way. I love her when she's mad and angry about everything, and hated her in all her suicidal thoughts, I good character development is one of the things I am giving this a good review compared to the others... and a little bit because of Warner. I am excited about the next book coming out next year.
She did it again!!! It was almost impossible to believe at first, but then... swoon.