Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

by Tahereh Mafi

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Let’s start with 2 premises:
- I love politics in books. LOVE. So when a book has a political angle I demand it’s well thought and well developed
- One of my most hated tropes in YA is when all the world is in the hands of a bunch of teenagers

With that said, you can understand that I had many - MANY - problems with this book.
Juliette as a leader is laughable at best. She doesn’t know the first thing about politics and society and economy and she doesn’t do shit to learn anything. She just complains all the time and she always thinks she’s not the right person for the job (yes, love, you are not).
Her council is a bunch of teenagers with zero experience and zero competence (I cringed a lot while reading every single diplomatic encounter Kenji and Juliette made throughout this book).
So, yeah, I rolled my eyes a lot and I hated how simplistic political issues were portrayed ... but I also liked a lot of other things.
The writing style is great. Not as lyrical as the first trilogy but still very effective.
I loved the interactions between the main characters and I really liked the last 20% of this book.
The best part was the new characters, especially Nazeera. I want to read an entire book about her. I hope to get more Valentina, Nicolas and Lena in future books.
Loved the ending. I think 3 stars is a fair rating.