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talkstofish's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
5.0
The Gilded series was one of my favorite reads of the year - I only regret that I didn’t finish before my hold at the library was up because it took ages to get again! A sequel to Gilded, Cursed is a masterful, mature retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin story. I was riveted by the battles, tense during the realizations that savvy readers may have already caught earlier, and cried in the throne room with the gods for the fates of our heroes. I highly recommend this duology to fantasy lovers who want something in between young adult and high fantasy.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death, and Violence
Because this book involves battles, keep in mind that there are deaths involved.aseel_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I adored the children and I am glad for the ending but the story was so slow paced and I found the pregnancy stuff kind of ick
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Blood, and Death of parent
library_of_kindredspirits's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was such a good duology. It's very different from what I usually read, but something about Marissa Meyer's writing just pulls me in. I loved Gild and Serilda as characters and I was very happy with the way the book wrapped up in the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
literarymary95's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I feel like this shouldn't be categorized as a young adult novel and is pretty much new adult genre. And since this is young adult fiction, I have to review it as such. I felt the content was way too dark for a teenager to read which made the story hard to follow sometimes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy
mykday's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Child death
kymopolaya's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This dragged towards the end and I found it quite slow in parts
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
mysterious_and_spooky's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Animal cruelty
amyvbxx's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? No
4.0
This book was better than gilded. Although I enjoyed guilded I thought sometimes it left holes and was dragged through plot points that maybe didn't pay off.
I found this book to have a much better pay off and was more fast paced while still remaining readable.
My main issue is the height of the drama happens very late into the book and I feel as though it spends a lot of time explaining unimportant aspects and then doesn't let the dust settle later in the story.
the Rumpelstiltskin twist was a little bit too on the nose to be dumped in right at the end
I found this book to have a much better pay off and was more fast paced while still remaining readable.
My main issue is the height of the drama happens very late into the book and I feel as though it spends a lot of time explaining unimportant aspects and then doesn't let the dust settle later in the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Blood
Minor: War
lawbooks600's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Representation: N/A?
Score: Seven points out of ten.
Let me start with a statement, for me Marissa Meyer is a hit or miss author. I can safely say some of her books like Cinder were hits, some were okay like Renegades and Gilded but some were misses like Archenemies. At least this book was a hit and a much needed improvement over Cursed and an outstanding way to finish the duology. It starts (more like continues) with the main character Serilda (whose last name I forgot) picking up after the events of the first instalment and immediately I noticed something, the book is slow paced like the preceding books I've read (that doesn't mean it ruins the book) but it lets me explore the character dynamic between Serilda and Gild. The relationship between them grows deeper which dominated the book, left room for not many other events to happen and made this book more like a romantasy than a fantasy. I've read romantasies before like Graceling and Powerless (of which I enjoyed the latter) and I'm still debating whether that's my cup of tea. The book was slow for the first 400 pages or so right up until the last 80 pages which were action-packed, an afterword from the narrator, and that ends the book.
Score: Seven points out of ten.
Let me start with a statement, for me Marissa Meyer is a hit or miss author. I can safely say some of her books like Cinder were hits, some were okay like Renegades and Gilded but some were misses like Archenemies. At least this book was a hit and a much needed improvement over Cursed and an outstanding way to finish the duology. It starts (more like continues) with the main character Serilda (whose last name I forgot) picking up after the events of the first instalment and immediately I noticed something, the book is slow paced like the preceding books I've read (that doesn't mean it ruins the book) but it lets me explore the character dynamic between Serilda and Gild. The relationship between them grows deeper which dominated the book, left room for not many other events to happen and made this book more like a romantasy than a fantasy. I've read romantasies before like Graceling and Powerless (of which I enjoyed the latter) and I'm still debating whether that's my cup of tea. The book was slow for the first 400 pages or so right up until the last 80 pages which were action-packed, an afterword from the narrator, and that ends the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood
Full trigger warnings: Earthquake, building collapse, death of a person, physical assault and injury, blood depictionpassionatereader78's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-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
4.5
This book is well written. I liked the overall story. I was frustrating at times because the main character has all of the information in front of her but can't comprehend it. I loved the guilded prince, the princess, the forest folk, and the ghosts. The dark castle was spooky and creepy with the different creatures. Serilda is now cursed with the guilded prince. They are trying to find a way to break the curse and set everyone free.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Torture, Death of parent, and Child death
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Confinement, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Murder, and Toxic relationship