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Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

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isabel_is_reading's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

I was excited for this book, especially since (at the time) I enjoyed Cinder and I found it pretty good and lighthearted, but this book annoyed Me.

Characters 
  • Scarlet- I like hotheaded characters. I liked Keith from Voltron, Bakugo from MHA, Katara from avatar and vi from arcane. But, I found Scarlet to be…annoying?? Scarlet is a hotheaded, impulsive, melodramatic girl. I honestly think the reason why I hated her was because she’s soooo childish. She throws temper tantrums that would make a 5 year old embarrassed. Also, fun fact, she throws tomatoes for fun. I also thought she was stupid. She decided to trust a wolf after he lied to her, instead of reaching the conclusion that she should trust him a little bit less and be more careful around him. She completely falls in love with him, which just doesn’t make sense to me like at all like all the red flags are there and she just ignores them.
  • Wolf- look, I like a gentle giant more than the next guy, but I’m so annoyed by Wolf. I think the reason I don’t like him is because werewolf type characters make me…uncomfortable?? I hate when humans are compared to animals and the whole alpha thing bothered me. (Also, alphas aren’t a thing scientifically speaking, so it made it more annoying) 
  •  Kai- Kai's solution to the Lunar problem makes absolutely no logical sense. I still don’t understand how this is still a plot point. I can't give him credit for being and wanting to be a leader because he's only making the situation worse. His decision to marry Queen Levana doesn't reduce the Lunar threat, and, in fact, increases it. He’s choosing a bandaid solution to save a bullet wound. He knows Queen Levana plans to kill him after they're married and use the Commonwealth as a stepping stone to taking over the planet. Marrying her does bring about temporary peace, but it also puts Earth in more danger. I also don’t understand how he hasn’t figured out that Cinder in the princess girl. Like…the clues are RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE!!!
  • Cinder- USE EMAIL!!!

Plot
Since this is a retelling the basic story is predictable. If you e live 2 minutes on this earth you would know that
Wolf was going to betray Scarlet. I think if we had known less about Wolf’s motivations and history because his trajectory is spoiled by the Queen’s Army.

                Romance
I don't like relationships that develop super passionately in a short period of time. Scarlet and Wolf don’t know each other for that long at most they knew each other for what 3, 2 days maybe and they act like they’re like life partners and it just really annoys me.
Alpha fricking male and alpha fricking female?WHY???????  I hated Wolf and Scarlet even more just for this. Also, it got waaaaay worse when Scarlet literally being like: Wolf - ArE YoU aSkiNg mE To bE yOuR aLpHa FeMalE?" 
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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

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diamond627's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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muff1n_xd's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious sad 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

5.0

Read: feb 23 2024
Reviwed: may 28 2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

As im writiting this i have read winter and im waiting for the graphic novles

I never reviwed this one when i finished so here we go

MAN I LOOOOVE WOLF AND SCARLET SOOO CUTE AHHH if you read my review abt the "queens army" you will understand how much i love wolf lol 

And scarlet is SO👏FRICKING👏COOL👏 ( i now want a gun and red hoodie lol)

And i loved cinder and thorns friendship lol
 when they first meet THE SOAP CONVO LOOL (iykyk)

 and the 

"you opened my control pannel?"

 

"I didn't want to"

 

" well i guess that was pretty fast thinking"

  

"We're having another moment, aren't we?"


" if by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you for the first time since we met, then i guess we are. Although maybe im just too exhasted to want to strangle anybody."


"I'll take it"



Fave quotes

"you’re the only one, scarlet. you’ll always be the only one."


🍅And🍅

“i would rather die because i betrayed them, then live because i betrayed you.”


What can i say i read this book in 2 days lol and i think its my fave other than winter its tied with cress 

I hope you enjoy/enjoyed this book as much as i do

Happy reading🍅❤
-Muffin
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adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The second installment of The Lunar Chronicles was just as action packed and well written as the first in the series, if not more. I love how we were introduced to the new characters and seeing how their storylines intercept with the character storylines from the previous book as well as, how all of them meeting leads to this new thrilling storyline that’s going to happen in Kress (the next book.)
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tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

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

5.0

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caeliaucoin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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eowyn_zoe's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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bean_7088's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Aggressive wolf love interest trope but fairytaleesk and space stuff.

Kai is still annoying, I don't understand him or his decisions. 
While I am a but of a sucker fo  the more awful abusive relationship garbage,  especially possessive wolf boys, I have less patience for it now, especially books directe at teens. It’s bad. If a boy is like Wolf, get him into therapy, don't become his "Alpha female" 🙄
Scarlet was pretty annoying with the "omg I wanna kiss you 💋 😘 " 

I loved Thorn. Cinder was mostly better, and I missed Aiko. 

As eye rolly as it is, I would have adored this in high school. And it is fun. 

Can't wait to get through the books I wanted to read years ago 😅

Oh also, gay wolf's apparently don't exist in this world.  

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aiplusyou's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad 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? No

5.0

Scarlet is my favorite book of the series, I think. The characters are really fun and the take on the "wolf" aspect of Little Red Riding Hood is fresh and fun, I think.
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