Annette Dorresteijn wants to read Babel

"everyone boo the ugly man with toxic insecurity issues!!
booooooo ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…
i HATED reading a book in his pov. he is so annoying and so boring and I could barely find the time to care about his whining.
he acted like he was drugged or dying like a dramatic little kid.
his only redeeming quality was his explanation of what he did to Fletcher, and even then it was pushing it.
there better not be more books in his pov because i could hardly stand this one.
the only good things about this book was the Fletcher explanation, delalieu, and chapters six and twenty two.

"This wound will not be forgotten. Her name will not be spoken."

"I will give no one the satisfaction of my death."

"And now she's out there, somewhere, unleashed on society. What a beautiful disaster."

"She's found the cracks in this cast I'm forced to wear everyday, and it petrifies me. That this girl knows exactly how to shatter me."

"She hates me and I repulse her and I might never see her again, and it is entirely my own doing."

"Some part of my enjoys the torture. This girl is destroying me."

"I grieve nothing. I take everything."

"I almost forget that she still hates me, despite how hard I've fallen for her. And I've fallen. So hard."

"Because the truth is, I am nothing but a coward." YESSS!! HE KNOWS!!!

3/5 ๐ŸŒŸ"

"~ 2 stars ~

Okay, I think Warner just needs a therapist, that's all I got from this story. And honey, he's OBSESSED. This isn't love, it's obsession. Like sir, please, this isn't healthy.



But this book was slightly better than the first book for these reason:

โ€� it was shorter. Less suffering. It went by quickly.

โ€ขno Adam and Juliette making out every .5 seconds.

โ€� even if I don't like Warner. at least he has a personality (even if it sucks) unlike Adam.



Now here are the reasons I didn't like this book:

โ€� It made no sense. Warner seems like a completely different person. A complete 180 from who we knew in Shatter me. Even if this is supposed to be the start of his redemption arc (a tragic backstory doesn't redeem a person for being terrible, just saying) , or to help us see what is going on inside his head, it could have at least hinted at that from Juliette's POV. Like perhaps a bit of sympathy from her, or him opening up to her a tiny bit.

โ€� It was a bit unnecessary. I don't understand why there are so many add ons to the "original trilogy". Because I feel like I must read the .5 books, because they are there for a reason, even if the reason is so minor. And it was repetitive. We just followed Warner doing the same thing in different variations.

โ€� It could have at the very least used this book to give some world building, but instead it was just 100 pages of Warner being angsty.

โ€� I still don't see the appeal with Warner. I just read an entire novella from his POV and I got nothing. He still concerns me, and is big fat red flag. His possessiveness isn't cute. And I would be able to ignore it, if Adam made up for it. But Adam has no personality. So basically, both love interests are trash. Not that Juliette deserves anything more.

That seems to be the only thing me and Warner Bros. agree on:

A betrayal that somehow seemed impossible. That she would leave me for a robotic, unfeeling idiot like Kent. His thoughts are so empty, so mindless; it's like conversing with a desk lamp. I don't understand what he could've offered her, what she could've possibly seem in him except a tool for escape.

Anyways, hopefully the series gets better. And at least this book was a fast read, and if you are considering reading this, it doesn't hurt to do so. But I got nothing of substance out of this, and if anything, it just made me more angry."

"Well, this exists. I wish it didn't.


Destroy Me is the novella that takes place during the events towards the end of Shatter Me. Unfortunately, it's written from Warner's perspective, which simultaneously disgusts me and makes me want to unsubscribe from life.


In case you're new to this series, Warner is the psycho stalker who also happens to be *ahem* irrevocably in love with Juliette, the protagonist of the Shatter Me series. He had a revelation sometime off-page because all of a sudden he is disgusted with himself (it was about time) and decides to make Juliette love him by being nice to her. Who would have thought. Who would have thought.


This novella is so short and also so problematic. Apparently Warner is the preferred love interest. Adam may be bland, but at least he's not, well... a serial killer with serious problems. I've read some reviews of Adam's novella, and he gets worse. But so far, even though I want to erase both men off the face of the earth, Adam is better. Because at least he isn't evil. I don't care about Warner's tortured past or whatever, that's not an excuse to be a terrible person. He's not even a compelling terrible person, like Cardan or Kaz. He's just bad.


1.5 stars, rounded up because of that one side character who kept trying to get Warner to drink coffee"