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Supernova by Marissa Meyer

32 reviews

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

I enjoyed this series as a whole, but this book took me an extremely long time to finish. Thankfully, I was able to borrow the audiobook from Libby and read half of it like that. There were so many revelations that left me with my jaw on the floor. I wish I hadn’t gotten the epilogue spoiled by the wiki but I still liked it. I think the main reason I got into a reading slump was because of how long the book was rather than the content. My favorite scene was the Puppeteer’s speech. Absolutely heartbreaking and shocking. Never expected to read that type of scene in a Marissa Meyer book. Outstanding execution (no pun intended).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Torture, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

karissahodge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: War and Sexual assault

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

THAT FREAKING ENDING!!!!! I can’t believe she left us with that plot twist right in the epilogue!

It’s been a while since I read Renegades and Archenemies, but it was easy to fall back into the superheroes world. I’ve always been a fan of those stories, and Marissa Meyer wrote this one brilliantly. The story kept surprising me.

It’s not perfect, and it relies a little too much on romance as “stronger than anything else”, but it was very entertaining. I’m glad I finally finished this trilogy. Kinda wish there was a spin-off following that epilogue though 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Hate crime, Genocide, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Child death, and Medical trauma

k_galloway's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Gore, Xenophobia, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, and Violence

hillarym's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

caitlin033's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

noceur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Grief, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

this was slow in the beginning but that ending and epilouge!! omg it was amazing. also of course there were flaws but over all it was really enjoyable

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.5

I enjoyed this one a lot, it was a little slow in the beginning/middle but it definitely picked up in the second half of the book (and that ending battle was *chefs kiss*. I wish we’d get more information about that epilogue because wow that was an interesting way to end a book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Torture

jasmineman's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

4.75

I really liked this whole series, but this was by far the best book in the series. I loved the reoccurring themes of morality, villains, heroes, justice, the grey areas in between, how everything is not so black and white, and all the other topics it touched on. Nova was my favourite character and I loved her so much, she was such a strong character and the romance between her and Adrian was well done. I thought the concept, plot, and world building were also great, and there were so many unexpected moments and twists, especially the ending. (I had a prediction for the ending, which kind of ended up happening but it wasnt final and the complete opposite then ended up happening)  The first two books I really liked, but this book I loved. This series was so fun to read and it was such a unique concept for books, since for movies superhero movies are really common, but in books there aren't half as many.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

Minor: Blood, Child death, and Grief