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Heartless by Marissa Meyer

11 reviews

terranaught's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

It felt like a love letter to Alice in Wonderland. If you're looking for a complex read, this isn't it. It's INCREDIBLY predictable. But it's set in  Wonderland and therefore had the fairytale vibes I haven't really had since OUABH, and end up being both cozy and tragic at the same time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexism

guck1st's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, and Murder

areen's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

the pain...

although I felt the scene where Jest died was a little anticlimactic, edit: I can't stop thinking about this book, and now I think it being anticlimactic was the better choice (apart from realizing that Jest was definitely injured enough to not move in that scene and despite that he jumped in immediately to save Cath TT TT) bc if that scene was as sad as I was imagining, then I wouldn't be able to pay attention to the climax of the book, aka her becoming the queen of hearts we are familiar with. this is a story about the queen of hearts and not Cath and Jest's lovestory, afterall.

 

so the entire execution as a backstory of the queen of hearts was brilliant! I felt I was in wonderland and actually learning the past of the queen of hearts. I loved being in the world despite feeling so suffocated by the people always saying the same things to Catherine, but that's also a sign of how well executed it was, down to each character. now if this was a different story set in wonderland

with a happy ending between the mcs,

I would've found a new comfort favorite. that just made this book all the more heartbreaking (heh) to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

abby_can_read's review

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

leonormsousa's review against another edition

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

zoepagereader's review

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

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

chloerote's review

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Violence, Grief, Sexism, Murder, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

ame_lepage's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
I already knew I loved Alice in Wonderland retellings. I just love Wonderland as a setting, but I didn't know what to expect.
I liked Catherine as a character, I liked learning more about her dreams and her ambitions. I absolutely loved Jest. His sense of humor was absolutely perfect.
However, I was just frustrated by everything that was happening. There's a lot of sexism and fatphobia and I just wanted to yell at a lot of characters.
I also knew where it was headed, which kind of made me lose interest over time.
It was still a very enjoyable read and I would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Fatphobia

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

damn.😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Eating disorder