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A review by ash122
Winter by Marissa Meyer
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
below are my completely jumbled up thoughts typed out when i was suffering from having-completed-awesome-book-adrenaline. am not even bothering to sort them into what i disliked and what i liked:
ONLY SPOILERS AHEAD
1. superficial relationships. except jacin x winter
2. jacin x winter oml
3. loved that jacin doesnt giv 2 shits abt the revolution he solely cares about winter
4. how did wolf retun to his human senses almost effortlessly
5. thorne x cress what the fuck?
6. if cress was a dude we'd call him a gaslighting guilt tripping manipulative jerkwad. i call cress a gaslighting guilt tripping manipulative jerkwad regardless of her gender. her being smitten with thorne was acceptable but then she's like "oh thorne i want you to kiss me and fall for me and confess your love to but not like you confess your love to all those other girls." wtf?
7. somebody tell marissa its not a crime to have happy single main characters.
8. somebody also tell marissa you cant get away with using the insta love trope for all of the romantic relationships of your characters.
9. how did cinder know garan hid the software in iko's personality chip
10. cinder using the recording thingy inside her brain. it was never mentioned before
11. face reveal was useless how did cinder know it would completely destabilize levana
12. why was levana alone in the throne room at the end? why were there no guards around her? why wasnt aimery there?
13. how did thorne come to her?
14. why did cinder trust levana and agree to let her live? dont try telling me because "cinder is a nice person!!" No she's not. She humiliated her based on the way she looks which was not in her control. That was unnecessary. AND cinder herself was chastised for being "ugly" kevana having one eye and burn marks was NOT in her control.
15. levana in the throne room: "hey guards bring thorne. thornes here? yeah now go away shoo shoo i will just glamourize thorne and use him as bait because obviously cinder would spare me if i threaten to kill thorne of course she will. what if she comes with her friends? oh obviously they wont be under cinders control and they wont immediately kill me i willl just glamourize them and attack cinder with them. whatcha say i can keep you guards here under my control and use yall as shields and warriors? no sorry can do i want to die haha"
16. scarlet is spposed to be the rational one. winter is the crazy one. when they were going to the wolf guards, scarlet ACTULLY agreed to do that wtf again? scarlet darling you pulled a gun when you saw a wolf guard for the first time who was not even in his naatural habitat (luna's kava tubes) and who looked HUMAN. and you know how dangerous these wolf guards can be AND YOU, of all people YOU WHO DOESNT EVEN HESITATE TO CALL WINTER CRAZY TO HER FACE AGREED TO HER AND LED HER, didn't follow, led her to the wolves?
17. ???
18. wolf going through even worse mutation could have been a GREAT plot twist.
19. cinder losing her cyber brain shit THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT PLOT TWIST IT BROUGHT SOME SPARK TO THE BOOK
20. she hated her stepmoma and her stepsista, rightfully so, why did she invite her to the meeting? why did she decide to compensate with royalty?
21. why were jacin's parents alive?
22. why didn't maha inquire about her other son?
23. she didnt sign the treaty during the meeting
24. WINTER WAS BROWN. I LOVED THAT.
25. jacin x winter needed more pages. they were the best couple. their romance was somewhat realistic unlike for example thorne x cress who had tediously lengthy scenes
26. winter finally using her gift and NOT to save herself but to save jacin oml
27. did i mention jacin x winter>> ?