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Winter by Marissa Meyer

16 reviews

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

TLDR; 3.5 rating, killed by the power of ugly (apparently), and just a lukewarm end to something that started off really well.
Content warnings at the bottom. :)

Listen, Levana was wrong. She was bad, she killed LOTS of people, and she deserved retribution, but the way they defeated her was just horrible. So she

has burns, because Cinder’s mom pushed her into a fireplace, but we’re supposed to believe that

we’re allowed to throw Levana’s looks in her face, and ultimately kill her, but Cinder should be celebrated for overcoming the same injuries?

What the fuck? Very double standards, I hate it a lot. I’m not saying they should have given Levana grace, but the way she went out defeats the whole characterization of everyone.

This book is also like 200 pages too long. The rest of them just kept running and hiding and separating and it kept happening. Twice is redundant, three times is annoying, and four times is fucking ridiculous. Talk about tedium. 

And somehow, even with the book being too long, Winter and Jacin’s relationship was too rushed. How can a book be too long and have the main romance be so quick? Yadda yadda, that’s how. Those 200 pages of the same shit could’ve been dedicated to building Winter and Jacin’s relationship. 

The one thing that we had a decent time of was the setting, at least. Meyer did a grand job describing the moon and its colonies, which…if you could do it well in this book why didn’t you in literally all the other books? Ugh. 

Rating: 3.5
Would I recommend? Not really, unless you enjoy hypocrisy, 16yo moon queens, and long drawn out action sequences.

Content warnings: Genocide, Medical content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Classism, Car accident, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Body horror, Genocide, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Torture, Medical content, War, Car accident, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Suicide

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

The series reread has now come to an end, and on such a good note. I still loved and enjoyed every moment of this book.

I will admit it feels slow in the beginning especially with how the last book ended, but it better sets up and introduces us to Winter and makes her a main player in the story now. By a third into the book everything very much starts to pick up again and the story starts to hit the ground running.

I loved how the story line would mix and change POVs weaving people's stories together before once more diverging again. It really kept the pace fast and intrigue and urgency high, and it all came to an orchestrated ending for the book and series. Everything was tied up and concluded nicely but left  moments open that could be looked into with the novellas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

meganpbell's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

This conclusion to the Lunar Chronicles is the most epic installment of the series, the most adventure-packed…and also my least favorite. I enjoyed Winter the character more than Winter the book! I just got lost in all the political machinations—even though I appreciate how much work Marissa Meyer put into staging a realistic uprising— I just really felt how long this one is. I really enjoyed the ending however!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death, Gun violence, War, Death of parent, Violence, Animal death, Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

csmall73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

Moderate: Sexual violence, Self harm, Genocide, Gaslighting, War, Gore, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Racism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

le3713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, and Torture

carrotsxcks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

namzuru's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad tense 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

I really enjoyed this book. Definitely my favourite in the series it was sooooo good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Fire/Fire injury

tiana_king's review

adventurous inspiring 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

4.75

The beginning is slow but once Cinder’s plan gets going there is none stop action. You will be on the edge of your seat for most of it and the ending is pretty much everything you hope it will be. But do bring some tissues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, War, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Body shaming, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Gore

theteamsreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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

The conclusive book to the Lunar chronicles (apart from the short stories), this is the final struggle to reclaim freedom for humanity.  And this book goes off with a bang!  Now that the entire cast of characters has finally been collected, the story somehow manages to unfold in the space of a week, despite its imposing length.  Full of nonstop action, romance and political intrigue, the heavy conclusion you've been waiting for is here to grace your bookshelf.  Recommend to anyone who loves the series, a massive found family, high stakes and tensions, a group of underdogs, battles on the moon and high science fiction political intrigue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I don’t even know where to start with how amazing this series has been. I was so invested in the characters throughout the entire book. This set of characters will definitely stick with me for a long, long time. I normally am not able to finish books as long as this one without being bored but I never got into a slump. I’m very satisfied with the way Meyer ended everyone’s stories, and I’m beyond excited to read the collection of novellas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Child abuse, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Ableism