Author: Tahereh Mafi
First published: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 338
Rating: 4/5
"Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color."
This book was always so hyped on BookTube but it never really got my interest, but it was this months bookclub pick so I decided to pick it up anyway. To my surprise I actually really liked it!
I found the story at first, very very interesting. The concept of a girl being locked away, away from every human contact because touching can kill, was something I never heard of before. I really liked Juliette as a character as well as Adam (book crush nr. 2). But, I found Warner so super annoying. I don't understand why everybody he is so obsessed with him (yet?). I guess that I will might find that out in the second or third book.
I'm not really sure about the writing style just yet. Tahereh made Juliette say words multiple times, and she also couldn't stop mentioning the colour of Adam and Warren's eyes. It being such a quick read, I couldn't really be bothered with the sometimes repeating descriptive writing style.
I am indeed very curious about the next read and am hoping to pick the final two books up before the end of this year!
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