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Winter
by Marissa Meyer
- Oct. 2020 review -
I fell in love with this series the first time I read it through. I was trying to get out of a massive COVID-and-grad-school-induced reading slump and I thought, what better way than rereading my old favorites? This series, however, was a bit of a disappointment. I still enjoyed it and it helped to get me back in the flow, but there were just too many issues that were suddenly staring me in the face. I'm not saying any of these are inherently bad, but I've outgrown them and the same things that made me love the books initially now turned me away. For a start, a pet peeve of mine-the books get increasingly longer as the series progresses. This is, in my opinion, evidence of poor planning, resulting in the author needing to fit a lot more in the last couple books in order to tie up the story. What I also found disappointing in Winter in particular is that Meyer created a really compelling plot and set of characters, but the last books has so many POV's that the reader is tossed this way and that in a very disorienting way, and no single plot point or character gets fleshed out as much as it should. Overall, while I will fully admit to being a fervent OTPer in my high school read of these books, it was slightly annoying that the objectively fascinating plot was often sidelined by the myriad of relationships. This was especially evident in the last book, as all of the couples that had formed in the previous books were crammed together and made the plot itself take a backseat.
- Nov. 2015 review -
I love this series so much. It was a wonderful end to an incredible series.
I fell in love with this series the first time I read it through. I was trying to get out of a massive COVID-and-grad-school-induced reading slump and I thought, what better way than rereading my old favorites? This series, however, was a bit of a disappointment. I still enjoyed it and it helped to get me back in the flow, but there were just too many issues that were suddenly staring me in the face. I'm not saying any of these are inherently bad, but I've outgrown them and the same things that made me love the books initially now turned me away. For a start, a pet peeve of mine-the books get increasingly longer as the series progresses. This is, in my opinion, evidence of poor planning, resulting in the author needing to fit a lot more in the last couple books in order to tie up the story. What I also found disappointing in Winter in particular is that Meyer created a really compelling plot and set of characters, but the last books has so many POV's that the reader is tossed this way and that in a very disorienting way, and no single plot point or character gets fleshed out as much as it should. Overall, while I will fully admit to being a fervent OTPer in my high school read of these books, it was slightly annoying that the objectively fascinating plot was often sidelined by the myriad of relationships. This was especially evident in the last book, as all of the couples that had formed in the previous books were crammed together and made the plot itself take a backseat.
- Nov. 2015 review -
I love this series so much. It was a wonderful end to an incredible series.