asheslay 's review for:

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While reading Scarlet, I kept subconsciously comparing it to the first part, and the verdict is that it was not better. Cinder's plot and everything kept improving at somewhat a constant rate all through the book. This book, however, was kinda fun only at the beginning after which the fun plummeted. Someone described it as the middle book syndrome where the middle section of the book is so unnecessarily long and lacking in action and nothing happens and is thus awful and you just want to get over it; I can't agree more.
I would select the

one of the special operatives disguising as grandmama

part, which was roughly at the 66 percent mark, as the end of said "middle section" of the book because the book's fun-ness went up and up right after that.

Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
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