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Winter by Marissa Meyer

67 reviews

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

gattolino_nn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

4.5

The series reread has now come to an end, and on such a good note. I still loved and enjoyed every moment of this book.

I will admit it feels slow in the beginning especially with how the last book ended, but it better sets up and introduces us to Winter and makes her a main player in the story now. By a third into the book everything very much starts to pick up again and the story starts to hit the ground running.

I loved how the story line would mix and change POVs weaving people's stories together before once more diverging again. It really kept the pace fast and intrigue and urgency high, and it all came to an orchestrated ending for the book and series. Everything was tied up and concluded nicely but left  moments open that could be looked into with the novellas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

This conclusion to the Lunar Chronicles is the most epic installment of the series, the most adventure-packed…and also my least favorite. I enjoyed Winter the character more than Winter the book! I just got lost in all the political machinations—even though I appreciate how much work Marissa Meyer put into staging a realistic uprising— I just really felt how long this one is. I really enjoyed the ending however!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

hillarym's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

csmall73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and War

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? No

3.75

action was fine but the romance was everything 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

le3713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, and Torture

teri_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

With this fourth book, the conclusion of the Lunar Chronicles has been reached, and what a finale it is.

Marissa Meyer brings all the various strands of her multiple POVs together, and beautifully so.

What I possibly love the most in this series are the four female main characters. Each one is so different, and yet, they accept each other in their differences & their handicaps and work together for what you could call within the story, the greater good.

The book is not a light read however, so it is worthwhile to check on content warnings, there are quite a few.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

mind control

sleepywhippetbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism