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Cursed by Marissa Meyer

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leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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sylvia_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book went a lot darker than I thought, but I’d really recommend it to people who don’t have a problem with that.
Because it was really pretty good, there were some twists I saw coming and some I didn’t and overall it was just a very good mix that kept me on the edge of my seat. The story of rumpelstiltken was not as prominent anymore, but then we had most covered already in the first book.
Just. I really liked it. Read it.

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k_galloway's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

An inclusive story with great lore and world building that’s completely clotheslined by cringy troupes and unnecessary violence against children.

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tahtahlee's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This was a fun read and a good continuation from the first book. Some moments were a little predictable but overall I enjoyed it.
I personally found Serilda (main character) frustrating at times which did make it challenging to get into at times but the plot was interesting enough to prevent that getting to me too much.

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lolamosk's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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poisonenvy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Marissa Meyer remains one of my favourite authors. I didn't reread Gilded before starting this, and while part of me wishes I did, I actually remembered a fair amount from that book already, so it wasn't strictly necessary (the whole duology will be getting a reread though, and probably soon).

There was a lot of dark in this book, but also a lot of light. I found myself living the Erlking more than I thought I would. The pacing was excellent. I listened to probably a little more than half of this this book (read the other half physically), and the narrator was also great.

And that ending. THAT ENDING. Chef's kiss.

I make no secret about my hatred of the forced happy ending. The "Oh no, someone must die for us to win the day they MUST but oh look, through the power of idfk love or whatever, they're MAGICALLY RESURRECTED for no reason whatsoever" ending. It's one of my biggest pet peeves.

Meyer manages to make it work. There's groundwork laid out for them coming back. There's actual magical explainations for them coming back. It works, and it works so well. I love it.

Meyer has made fairytale retellings into an art form, and it's an artform she excells at. I understand her next novel will be a companion book to Instant Karma, but I'm excited to see what her next retelling is, too.

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