Reviews

Cursed by Marissa Meyer

lullysbooks's review against another edition

4.0

"When she talked, she could hardly keep herself from telling the most outlandish tales, as though her tongue could not tell the difference between truth and falsehoods. She began to trade in stories and lies herself, and while the other children delighted in her tales—so full of whimsy and enchantment—the elders knew better." 

Dopo aver amato Heartless, potevo forse farmi sfuggire il retelling di Rumpelstiltskin sempre dalla penna della Meyer? Ovviamente no, e credetemi non mi ha delusa. 

La Meyer riesce a rivisitare la fiaba originale, mantenendone inalterati alcuni elementi, ma al contempo giocando con altri per creare una storia sì conosciuta, ma che risulta comunque originale e piacevole da leggere. L'inserimento di elementi del folklore tedesco, tra cui la caccia selvaggia, contribuisce a creare un'atmosfera sorprendentemente cupa, e molto, molto dark. 

Il ritmo è incalzante, con colpi di scena (alcuni prevedibili, altri meno) che ti tengono col fiato sospeso e incollato alle pagine. I personaggi risultano ben costruiti e interessanti, e la penna dell'autrice è scorrevole e ti trasporta nella storia, giocando con i nostri sentimenti. Posso solo dirvi che arrivata alla fine del secondo libro ero emotivamente provata, e mi sono commossa🥹

L'unica pecca che mi sento di trovare è che il libro è classificato come ya, e la protagonista ha 18 anni, ma proprio per le situazioni anche pesanti che vengono a crearsi avrei preferito un rating più maturo e una protagonista più adulta (e, oserei dire, potrebbe necessitare di un trigger warning...) 

esavinelli's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

The audiobook was 16 hours and I felt like nothing happened. I just really felt like bad stuff just kept happening to Serilda and they didn't really show the romance. Most of the time she was just on her own wondering. Also the foreshadowing made the plot twists not that surprising. Overall I did not like this duology. 

lauren_doppler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

yogamom32's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

velosaraptor's review against another edition

dnf - i was sad bc i really enjoyed the lunar chronicles but this just couldn’t keep my attention. i didn’t really care for the romance (it felt super rushed in the first book) and the secret baby plot was annoying. personally not a huge fan of pregnancies in my romances i guess. not bad or poorly written just got boring for me

owatt13's review against another edition

2.0

Not good. Serilda is such a weak main character. Gild is so YOUNG. The Erlking is soooo much older and wiser and immortal. There was a massive buildup to a very minor ending. Idk

suffercait's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

delgremmyaward's review against another edition

4.0

3.5

jalialynn's review against another edition

4.5

This book was so much better than the first in the series. As much as i enjoyed Gilded, so much happened in this book. Did i predict most of it? Yes! But did i enjoy it? HELL YES! This author did an amazing job of tying up the story lines in this book. That last 25% did indeed make me cry.

sugarpop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25