There is so much that was ignored about the ending in favor of a cute epilogue. There are so many loose threads and things that just sort of never get mentioned again. Not only did it feel rushed and like we didn't actually solve all the problems, but I also have so many questions about it. I'm still confused about the entire convoluted plot and backstory of these past three books. Lastly, I want to mention the worldbuilding and general plot because I had no idea what the heck else this series was going to pull out of left field. I barely recognize these characters from the original three books.

She was a puppet, figuratively and literally. The story happened to her, and the plot pushed her forward. Juliette went from learning her own strength and gaining autonomy in the first three books to being the most annoyingly passive character in this last novel. Was she even really a character in this book? It's understood he loves her, but I hate the idea that loving her is his only good character trait. It was so frustrating to watch him be so horrible and unreasonable. Warner is really just a horrible person without Juliette around and that's not cute. He had been slowly going back to his cruel, insufferable persona since Restore Me, but here he really took a nosedive. Warner, whom I really enjoyed in Unravel Me, and whom I totally loved in Ignite Me completely reverted back to his Shatter Me self. You could actually see how close they were.īut then, there was Warner/Aaron and Juliette/Ella. I actually liked all their interactions with Kenji. I guess Mafi remembered that they existed and gave them dialogue lines. I guess? The crew from Omega Point was actually relevant in this one. The other kids of the supreme leaders were helpful at some points, but mostly just sort of. While Kenji was trying to add light to dark times and trying to keep his friends and found family together and safe, all the other major characters were off undoing their character development.Īdam is still irrelevant in this book so let's not even mention him. No wonder Kenji was constantly on the verge of a breakdown in this novel, the poor boy was carrying the whole story on his back! How does her mind come up with such lyrical sentences?Īlso, let me say that I really liked Kenji in this book. I had forgotten how atmospheric and beautiful it was. I am very glad about it because this novel was nothing at all like anything I could have possibly imagined.įirst, let me start with the good and say that I love Tahereh's writing. I didn't know what I was getting into and had no idea how it was gonna all turn out. I literally expected nothing from this novel. But no, I guess life is not in fact, good.įirst, I gotta admit, my hopes for this book were pretty gosh darn low. Life would have been good if it had ended with Ignite Me.

This series should have remained a trilogy.

Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi