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kbairbooks's review

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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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rain_baby's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

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thereaderfriend's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-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? Yes

3.75

Didn’t like the writing style or Cath for her decisions and who she was bc she blamed everyone for everything and didn’t listen. Jest was the best lol wish that it wasn’t an instantaneous infatuation but I got why. Really liked the world building and the last 100 pages as far as growth. Sadly predictable but some of it was expected bc of the original queen of hearts story.

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kris386's review

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adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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caitlinreadss's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

I have literally just finished heartless by Marissa Meyer and I am in total shock so I will be coming back to this once I have recovered…
2 days later (and most definitely still not over this book) I give you my review:

Heartless by Marissa Meyer is one of the best, if not the best retelling of wonderland I have ever read. The descriptions, dialogue and characters are all so true to Lewis Carroll’s wonderland and all so fun!
I instantly loved every character I came across - even the villains (and the not ‘good guys’ but not quite villains) because they were so beautifully written and hauntingly brilliant.
Cathy transformation. From the patient girl who only wanted to love and base to the short tempered Queen of Hearts was done to incredibly well and even though I expected everything to go wrong for Cath, it still stabbed me in the heart when it did.
And Jest… my dear sweet Jest. I loved his eccentric character right from the beginning and I immediately fell head over heels for him just as Cath did.
As for the other new characters: Raven - although he appeared as a bird for the majority of the book - was so interesting and also slightly sinister. Mary-Ann - Cath’s maid and best friend was just the sweetest girl and their friendships ending has me in tears!
And of course, all the original characters to wonderland: Hatta who was written to perfection and reading his slow and then sudden descent into madness was so sad and yet so interesting. The Cheshire Cat - spot on yet again! I could picture him and his voice so clearly in my head!
Overall, I was an emotional wreck after reading this book and it deserves every tear she’d and every star given because it is well and truly (and madly) stunning!

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jfield351's review

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

Well at the end I realised why the title is Heartless! This was a very thrilling book, I was hooked straight from chapter 1. The characters were very very well written, especially the king - every time he was in the scene I cringed and became disgusted because he is such an unpleasant character. Catherine, the protagonist, is also very well developed and a very string character. Her character development is very interesting. At some points I felt like I already knew what was coming, but mostly I did not expect the twists. The ending was very dark but I loved it. I love the creation and imagination, and the author’s note helped clarify some stylistic choices. I would definitely recommend this book! Though sad that there is not a continuation of this book I understand why it has to end there. Yeah it was a really good book! I’m doing the Dymocks book challenge and it goes under the ‘ask a friend for a recommendation’ category, as my friend bought it for me thinking I would like it.

edit from day after: what the author has done finally hit me the night after finishing this book. i realised it was chilling, very intelligent, beautifully creative and ties together so well. I have to move this book up to a 5 stars from 4.75. it was easy to read the whole way through because of how creative and well written it was. the ending, after thinking about it overnight, was scarier than i had initially thought. somehow i didn’t realise that Catherine was the Queen of Hearts from Alice in wonderland, so when i read the authors note it started to fit together in my head. this book is a masterpiece. Read 13th-17th jan.

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