A review by val_theburrowofstories
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 
  • Look I am just so glad that I finally finished this trilogy lol yeah I’m not going to continue with whatever is next, I just cannot do it, bye.
  • I just don’t care?? I mean the author shows us for TWO books who Warner is, and then in this whole book she is trying to explain and justify every single bad or evil thing he did AND adds that he has an ill mom, you know, just so the readers would have that one final push to sympathize with him and love him. Whatever. I truly could not care less about Warner, it even feels weird to call him Aaron.
  • To be honest I don’t even care about Juliette at all either. She’s suddenly and in such a short amount of time in control of her powers AND she’s the most powerful of them all, okay. She is a really bad friend (she never ever talks to the others alone to ask how they are doing, just in group meetings), she’s a really bad best friend to Kenji, she’s stupid (yes, she is), she doesn’t think or cares about anyone else but herself and her feelings with the current boyfriend she might have, and she doesn’t even gives a fuck about those boyfriends and their feelings like Warner literally lost his mother and is grieving and she made it about herself and her feelings just to get fucked (I’m sorry!) and she still kept calling him her friends lmaooo
  • I might have cared about Adam, I was even on his side at the beginning with this whole Juliette and Warner thing, but then he just got so annoying too, he was so disrespectful to her, he would not let it go and kept whining over and over again, it was pissing me off. AND the worst thing is that he put Kenji’s hand in Juliette’s, he could’ve hurt him??
  • Basically, the only character I truly cared about was Kenji, the second he appeared the whole vibe shifted and the stupid drama was gone, but he isn’t enough to save this book for me.
  • At least they finally acknowledge what I’ve been thinking from the beginning, that the only reason why she and Adam worked is because he is literally the only person to show her kindness and the only person who could touch her. Then the second option is Warner so naturally she is drawn to him because he can touch her too. But the author wanted to take that out of the equation and make it look like it’s Juliette’s choice because now she can control her powers and touch anyone. Still, both boys had a WEIRD obsession with her.
  • I still enjoy some YA but what I cannot stand are stupid self centered teenage girls, and I have found SO much of that in the most famous YA book series that I started (and DNF) this year, it’s insane.
  • Finishing this book felt like a chore and the author was dealing with so many things at the same time, quickly fixing them or giving them some sort of closure, but I think some things (like Warner finding out Adam and James are his brothers) deserved way more pages, maybe that’s explore in the next books but I guess I’ll never know.
  • A funny thing is that this book made me realize in YA books (especially romantasy) they almost NEVER mention condoms or teenage pregnancy, because if I were Juliette I would be so worried of fucking every single day lol
  • And still, I’m giving this 2 ⭐ yeah bye.