Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

66 reviews

ebbie_casuallereading's review against another edition

dark

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It's good enough in a readable way, maybe more like a 3.5 to 3.75.

The last leap between the end and "now" is still a bit stretchy to me. And the whole mind manipulation/r*pe is... I don't know, but not the best. Like I get it, but also, I guess it could have been better explained and motivated. The timing of the flashback for the injuries of Levana should have come way sooner, and when you put it into context with the rest of her actions, it makes her whole building of the book crumble a little.

It's one thing to make us believe they see the rando commoner and people of Earth like a little more than livestock, the escalation to murderous intent is way too quick and weird giving her own backstory. The way she's portrayed is also kinda strange since she has this urge to belong with someone or people, there's a softness here and there + judgement and contempt against her parents, her sister and some nobility. There are flaws in how the author tried to make her become a complex villain, with an arc from "good" to evil. Sometimes, "cartoon villains" should stay cartoonish.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

ellenravioli's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Oh Levana, you crazed delusional woman, how many lives you’ve ruined including your own bc of your own selfishness and childish crush. The way she could’ve turned out a normal princess had her parents actually given a fuck about her and had her own sister not set her on fire and scarred her for life (physically & emotionally.) If therapy was a thing on Luna TRUST that Levana should’ve been first at the door 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Classism, Death, Ableism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

inkysplodge's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

kot_zbigniew's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

amschelly153's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

The backstory is sometimes hard to read but also well written. Informative and dark, but helpful to know.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying

h4wk1nz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

a good quick read, i read 60 pages last night and the rest this evening. i always find marissa meyer’s books to be easy to read and flow well, so it was very enjoyable and light.

i must admit i found myself confused at times, thinking i’d missed something but in most of those situations it was explained on the next page.
so while that was a little off putting for a split second, i was never completely lost and have not been left with any lingering questions about those moments.

overall this was a great read and i am as usual blown away by meyer’s ability to tell a story so fluidly even in this ‘unconventional’ time skipping style.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child abuse, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

not major but not minor spoiler:

Levana manipulates a man older than her into marrying her

nmetz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fairest is a great prequel to the Lunar Chronicles filling in some of the holes and misinformation we had before. This book truly dives into why lunars have this dark past. Why there are preconceived notions about the lunars and why Levana did do what she did why she had the drive to do what she did. So a quick summary of the book SPOILERS AHEAD Levana falls in love with a man named Evert Hale but he is already married. Sadly Evert's wife dies in childbirth so Levana decides to try to get close to him and she starts manipulating him into thinking that he is in love with her and starts driving him insane. Then Levana sees the former queen's daughter who is the only other heir to the throne she kills her using fire. More events happen and at the end of the story kills the man she drove insane in her quest for love and she decides love is a conquest love is a war. This book shows how you can use love. You can use it like a tool or a weapon or you can let love use you and guide you through life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gaslighting, and Child death

christy15reads's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infertility, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Torture, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Stalking, and Rape

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Rape, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Classism, Colonisation, and Infertility