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Heartless by Marissa Meyer

29 reviews

maisaaismail1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia

Catherine is 17 and her parents arrange her marriage to the king who is 15 years her senior. Catherine's mother is fatphobic and constantly body shames Cath

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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This was a book that I enjoyed reading. I think Meyer's writing style is more fairytale inspired than fairytale retelling. I would say this book was a combination of prophecy, romance, Victorian-era gender roles, and the weirdness that can only be found in Wonderland. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Violence, Death, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Body shaming, Animal death, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: War and Kidnapping

kaziaroo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Body shaming, Blood, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Murder

Minor: War and Gore

leonormsousa's review

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, War, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Sexism

livruther's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad

4.5

such a compelling read! i enjoyed it more than i thought i would

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Before I review this book I have to be honest, I’ve always been a fan of Alice in wonderland and I’ve always hated Marissa Mayer. 

This is one of the best books that Marissa Meyer ever wrote and I did enjoy this book, eventhough I expected to hate it with everything that is me. What makes this book better then all her other books? 

Characters 
The characters of Marissa Meyers heartless are done well I guess. In the beginning of the book I took offense to the mad hatter. By the end of the book he became a bit better but he’s different from what he’s supposed to be. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing but she took away from his character. Which is a shame since he’s one of the most important characters in Alice in the wonderland. Jest was more like the mad hatter is supposed to be than the mad hatter himself. 

Storytelling 
The book starts fun and ends good but the middle….. Jesus, that shit was LONG AND BORING. The middle part of the story was a merrygoaround of the same plot and that wasn’t wat I was looking for. 

Writing 
The writing is done fine, Marissa Meyer is able to write a fairytale but she’s just not clever enough to make the plot. 

Worldbuilding 
The worldbuilding was a spin on the original book with her own magic touches. I didn’t mind the changes. 

I would like to recommend to check the triggerwarnings. There is a lot of fatphobia in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Grief

subjecta5's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Suicide

brinipor's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

I finished this, but at what cost? I think I was expecting dark whimsy and I didn't get any of that at all. I wanted more romance between Jest and Cath. I wanted her to make a real decision, and when she did make a decision, I wanted it to work out. I knew it had to not, but I wanted to be given hope that it would. Instead, she did the one thing that she was told would lead to the "bad ending" and she did it anyway. My expectations were high and I was left wanting. The only way this broke me was in my willingness to take book recommendations from people I don't know.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While yes, I did enjoy reading this book, it also let me down. I mean, the second I added to my TBR I knew it would be sad and I knew it was almost 500 pages, so I thought I would fall in love with the characters and then sob. But when characters died, I wasn’t that sad. In the end it just felt wasted, especially with people I know who have amped me up for crying with this. And though I know it defeats the purpose of this book, I wonder if it would have been better as an original story set in Wonderland instead of a Queen of Hearts origin story. 3.75⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am shooketh. This was so fucking good. Goddamn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, War, Body shaming, Dementia, Murder, Classism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol