She is someone who has not had an easy life. I don’t know if that’s really a criticism on my part, but it definitely lends to multiple readings – one for plot/content, one for admiring the way Mafi writes. I definitely agree that at times I wanted to pay attention to how Juliette is saying something, instead of what she is saying. However, I read one reviewer who thought that the writing was so beautiful that it distracted from the story, and I could see how that could happen. Her style is utterly unique and her descriptions and endless metaphors are meant to be savored. Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war– and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
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