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Fairest by Marissa Meyer

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loganh0124's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5 Rounded up.

Cruel, sick, and twisted. Those are the three words I would use to describe Levana. I think this story did a really great job at explaining why Levana ended up how she did: A horrible person. I will not take any opposing opinion to that, Levana is a horrible person. I hate her, and I hate her so, so much.

I hate her sister too, but honestly she wasn't really there enough for me to form an entire opinion on.

Now, I just wanted to say how absolutely vile it is that anyone says they empathize with Levana as a character? I'm sorry, but there is no way in hell I will ever be anywhere near you if you say that you empathize with a rapist. Yes, Levana's entire relationship with Evret was both A. Abusive and B. laced with rape. Levana did HORRIBLE things to that man, and I strongly dislike anyone who attempts to argue another way.

I didn't like how the book framed Evret and Levana's relationship as this... romance? I get it, it was supposed to be from Levana's perspective so unreliable narration and delusion, blah, blah, no. It just irked me the wrong way I don't know.

Fairest is fine, it's oddly quite graphic in comparison to the other books in this series, but if Levana's character interests you and you want to know her story, then this book exists for you. Me personally, I never liked Levana and I guarantee I never will.

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christy15reads's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Finished this book this morning from the Lunar Chronicles series . It tells why Queen Levana is as wicked as she is and confirms that I don't like her at all. And while Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress are suitable for the 14+ crowd, with a kiss here or there, I think this one is for someone older because of all the promiscuity in it! It was rather disappointing if you ask me because my teen daughter was reading these books along with me. Now I'm just hoping that Winter is not as inappropriate and she can finish the series with me because we both enjoyed the first 3 books but I can't pass this one along to her - I'll have to just fill her in on the queen's history.

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good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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bean_7088's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Whoops what a doozy! Murderous queen backstory makes her worse!

Like, part of it is sad, like spoiled kids growing up sheltered in the nasty circles they do makes for horrible people and children.. but she had chances to be a better person.

I still loved the writing

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kenna13's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I do kind of pity Levana, but not in the “oh she deserved better” way,

more in the “oh you made some stupid decisions” way. And that ending was so sad. Justice for Evret Hayle

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cherryren's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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prashiie's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

"She did not want to go down in history as the fairest queen this little moon had ever known. She wanted to be known through history as the fairest queen of the galaxy. As the ruler who united Luna and Earth under one monarchy."

Queen Levana’s origin story. Levana is smart and cares about Luna, unlike her sister who got crowned queen after their parents’ death. But even though her heart is in the right place, her way of achieving things is wrong. But she didn’t have good role models in her life. Her parents’ marriage wasn’t a good example of love and her relationship with her sister was toxic. Her sister, Queen Channary, was very manipulative and such a bully to her. It made me wonder how things would have turned out if only her sister was nice to her.

The choices that Queen Levana makes were so frustrating! There were so many moments where she could have chosen a different path but that wouldn’t have made sense. She believes that she has to make these choices for Luna to thrive. She is convinced that only she could be a great queen and that she deserves to rule over the galaxy. Just like Icarus, she is getting too close to the sun.

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