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A review by helenafaustina
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
4.0
*Begins to play my own nonexistent rendition of The Joker and the Queen by Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift in minor key with a banger crescendo ending*
4.5 stars
I think all my GR friends know by now that I'm picky about fairytale retellings. I especially don't like it when they come from a book that's meant to be child-like. Wonderland and the Other Side of the Looking Glass is supposed to be Alice's dream. It's supposed to be crazy and nonsensical, so having it make sense, yet keeping it nonsensical, must have been a challenge for the author. However, I'm going to leave personal preference aside, because if making Wonderland dark and serious was the objective, [a:Marissa Meyer|4684322|Marissa Meyer|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1558121336p2/4684322.jpg] did a great job.
With that said, everything was pretty close to the book. EXCEPT the king, arguably the most important side character. He was like the movie and it was weird, but I guess there would be no [b:Heartless|18584855|Heartless|Marissa Meyer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1477740245l/18584855._SY75_.jpg|26322524] if he was more serious and composed like in [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|24213|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass|Lewis Carroll|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630487234l/24213._SX50_.jpg|2375385].
I was pretty bored in the middle on the book, but I think that was just a me problem.
4.5 stars
I think all my GR friends know by now that I'm picky about fairytale retellings. I especially don't like it when they come from a book that's meant to be child-like. Wonderland and the Other Side of the Looking Glass is supposed to be Alice's dream. It's supposed to be crazy and nonsensical, so having it make sense, yet keeping it nonsensical, must have been a challenge for the author. However, I'm going to leave personal preference aside, because if making Wonderland dark and serious was the objective, [a:Marissa Meyer|4684322|Marissa Meyer|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1558121336p2/4684322.jpg] did a great job.
With that said, everything was pretty close to the book. EXCEPT the king, arguably the most important side character. He was like the movie and it was weird, but I guess there would be no [b:Heartless|18584855|Heartless|Marissa Meyer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1477740245l/18584855._SY75_.jpg|26322524] if he was more serious and composed like in [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|24213|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass|Lewis Carroll|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630487234l/24213._SX50_.jpg|2375385].
I was pretty bored in the middle on the book, but I think that was just a me problem.