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Heartless by Marissa Meyer

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eggjen's review against another edition

4.0

It took me awhile to get into this one. Probably a case of having my hopes up a bit too high given how madly in love I am with the Lunar Chronicles series. But around the second half of the book, the plot definitely picks up and all the little plotlings that the author had developed all start to tie together and blossom. It's hard to really emotionally invest in a book that you know isn't going to have a happy ending, but eventually I couldn't help but fall for everyone and half hope that they might have a different ending than I'd expect.

kaitlynmcn04's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

azhangia's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

alli_thebookgiraffe's review against another edition

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3.0

To be honest, I thought I was going to love this book. I think I started disliking it when I realized what I wanted to happen and what I knew was going to happen wouldn't be near the same. I mean, we all know what the ending would be but this is a retelling and she could have changed it. The closer I got to the end, the more I dreaded reading it and the more the story was going awry. After reading the lunar chronicles, I thought I would love this book and honestly it put me into a reading slump.

bungadinding's review against another edition

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4.0

I love the rage and the revenge.

evilbooklaugh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

An emotional ride that delivers familiar stories in a twisted and bittersweet package. The ending was a shock to the system - I haven't read a book by Meyer in ages. I wasn't prepared, but maybe that's why it was so impossible and magical.

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