Idiots are highly flammable, love. Let them all burn in hell.
Hello everyone! 💕 Welcome to another blog post, and thank you for being here; it means a lot to me. Today, I am back with one of my all-time favourite series! The 4th book of the Shatter Me series is Restore Me, and I can’t emphasize enough how much I enjoyed reading this book because it gave me a whole other perspective on what was actually going on in this horrible, horrible world. Maybe because I am too biased regarding the series and I can’t look objectively; however, I really enjoyed reading this book. When I started this series, I knew how it was going to end; however, I did not have all the details that I now have, and it was shocking with the turn of events, I must say. The moment I finished this one, I immediately started and finished the next, I just didn’t want to give up too much time in between since I had already given months before starting the series again, so the faster I finished, the happier I am going to feel, for sure.
The book starts off where we exactly left off, only a couple of days apart. Now, Sector 45 is under the control of our amazing character Juliette Ferrars and the Omega Point. Being a 17-year-old kid, of course, Juliette is having a very hard time adapting to this new role, and we see how much she is struggling from her point of view. Everything she had done until this point felt like she was some kind of a soldier who would actually save the world but not rule the world. And she apparently feels the same throughout the book. She feels like she hasn’t taken this job seriously, and unfortunately, she is completely correct on that. We see her struggle with her powers and responsibilities, and meanwhile, we also have another point of view in the book, and it is my favourite character in the entire series, Aaron. We also see how much he is struggling as well. Not only is he struggling with himself, but he is also struggling with the idea of loss. His father was the most horrific person as far as we know, and he tells himself that there is no point in grieving for him. However, we are human and we also feel things towards people who had a huge impact on our lives. This impact can be good; it can be bad, but nevertheless, it affects us in a way that you cannot turn a blind eye to. This is exactly what he is going through throughout the book. He is grieving; he is hurt; he learns things that shouldn’t be possible, yet he also is actually a very hurt child. In the book, our two main characters are pulled away from each other day by day, and it is not significantly bad, in my opinion, because I felt like it gave the required space to them so that they can grow. They both grew so much throughout this book, and I was glad that we had a chance to see what they would do under the circumstances that surround them.
Warner is learning about his father, and actually, it turns out that he is even more twisted than he thought he would be because as a little boy, he always thought that maybe something in his father and in his actions could be reasonable. However, with the details from the past and two new characters that we are actually introduced to, we learn that this idea of Reestablishment has something much more grand. I am not sure whether this was added to the series after the third book, and when the author decided to add the rest of these books, she tried to make an impressive move. I am not saying that this wasn’t impressive; it just took the Reestablishment to a whole other point where it became not only Sector 45’s issues but the entire world’s.
We already knew the structure of Reestablishment and how they were divided between continents; however, up until this book, I wasn’t aware of what kind of twists and turns were coming my way. Juliette learns about her past, unfortunately, and these details are not the complete ones, yet they are big enough to impact her in a way that nothing she has done or seen has done. She knows that she is not the person she thought she was, and not only that but also the people around her have been keeping secrets about her past from her. I think this is specifically hard on Juliette because she is a girl who has been isolated her all life, and learning that the reality is much darker and horrifying for a 17-year-old with immense power is unfortunately horrible. Side characters were as awesome as they could get, and this is one of the things that I really like about this series. I always say it; I am so happy that we get to learn about our side characters more and more in each book. It never ceases to amaze me, to be honest with you.
Kenji is now interested in one of the new characters that we are introduced to, Nazeera, and his encrypted brother, which I still don’t know what to feel about. I felt like they were actually realizing the grandness of what they have to fight for in this book as well. I wasn’t mad at the things that happened between Juliette and Warner because I knew that this had to happen to make them grow as a person, and not only that but to give them a sense of trust at the end. It was like an insight book where the author gave you the chance to get to know the characters even more before actually getting into the action, and I was so happy that we had a chance to read a book like that. The first three books were all action, and on every page, something different happened which brought us to this point. However, not only does this book take a very short amount of time to deploy, but also it provides the much insight that was needed for our characters and re-establishment and the world itself. I just had so much fun, and I don’t know what else to say about this book like I have said; the 5th book reveal will be on its way, and I cannot wait to finish the series with the last book as soon as possible.
Let me know what you think of this series if you had time to read it, and if you haven’t, I highly suggest that you do because it is one of my all-time favourites I can say to you. Until I see you in my next post, take care!✨🫂
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