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Winter by Marissa Meyer

56 reviews

inkysplodge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

maria_pell's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

theespressoedition's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Well, I finally did it. I finished my reread of The Lunar Chronicles and boy, it was a wild ride. I forgot how long Winter was, but I wound up reading the last 400+ pages in one sitting because I was so hooked. That's how excellent Marissa Meyer's writing really is. Even though the books are on the chunky side, they're just so easy to read and understand. It doesn't feel like pointless information just to make the books longer - every chapter is filled with adventure!

The culmination of the series is so well-done with this book. It brings all of the characters together, shows us how evil is vanquished, and gives us hope for the future. However, there's a little bit of an opening ending, which I really like. Not everything is wrapped up in a nice, neat little bow. There's just enough to question what could come next for the characters. Maybe I'm bizarre for liking that - especially after four long books, but I really enjoy visualizing what could happen for all of these awesome characters we've come to appreciate and understand in a new way.

At a certain point, you might forget that you're reading fairytale retellings. I know that I did. In fact, it wasn't til Winter mentioned (for probably the eightieth time) that she was "a girl of snow and ice" that I thought, oh yeah, this is based on Snow White. Insert laughter here! They're just so well-written that I didn't even think about how similar they were to already-familiar stories. I loved every second of it.

Now that I own the box set, I'm really excited to read the two novellas that come with it. I remember picking through Fairest in the past, but I can't seem to conjure what it was about (aside from knowing that it has to do with Levana) and I never read Stars Above. I can't wait to dive in and enjoy even more of this world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Violence

jerry_pov's review

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Rape

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

... good soup

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

lagiven's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Winter is a good finale to the series, and it's satisfying to see all the storylines wind together. It's definitely plot-focused, but the characters are entertaining and well-rounded. It's also fun to see how Meyer uses the original fairy tale to inspire her novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

thecoolshadewarrior's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexism

Minor: Self harm and Slavery

zoeelora's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

mndy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It was so fulfilling to see all the characters reunited. There was definitely a sense of closure to the series, but this book did put me in a bit of a reading slump because I was discouraged by its length. Some parts could probably be omitted. Definitely worth my time, but Cress will always remain my favorite book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

emmasbookdiary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was all kinds of incredible and I won’t recover quickly. 

The characters were AMAZING and I love them to the moon and back soo many times. I’m so attached to them. 😭

Thorne and Cress have my heart. They are adorable and I love them to infinity. I SHIPPED THEM SO HARD AND IM SO HAPPY I COULD CRY. 

SO many moments. I wanted to cry and scream and laugh and all at one. It was SUCH a rollercoaster. Wow wow wow. 

And the ending was sweet and satisfying. ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Gore and Murder

Minor: Torture

There’s quite a lot of violence and blood. Easy to skim though. Winter has a mental illness where she sees things that aren’t there. The kissing was also pretty detailed one or two times.