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kendell_14 's review for:
Heartless
by Marissa Meyer
So, I went into this book knowing how it would end and proceeded to be gagged by the way it ended. I'm just a girl, guys.
*SPOILERS*
The first 2/3 of the book were kinda slow, I was waiting for something big to happen. I mean, Marissa totally pulled through with that, the ending was crazy and I wasn't too sure what I was reading anymore. But the rest of the book wasn't... awesome? For lack of a better word. The synopsis makes you think that her and Jest decide to enter a secret courtship, but that never happens? I was waiting for that the whole time, but she just kept rejecting them. I absolutely loved The Lunar Chroncicles, those characters are the best creation ever, but I must say I didn't get very attached to the characters in this book. Other than Jest and the turtle-er, sorry, mock turtle.
Also, I'm not sure if any of the plot twists were supposed to blow my mind, because I guessed just about everything. But I must say I was still thoroughly entertained, because I gobbled the book up quite quickly.
The last like 100 pages of the book proceeded to break my heart. Actually, this whole book broke my heart a lot. Catherine could be so harsh in rejecting Jest and honestly I'm not sure why she thought he was fickle. I thought he was incredibly clear with the fact that he liked her, because even when he was "encouraging," if you could even call it that, her to be with the king, he had such a pained expression on his face. The only fickle one was Catherine, who infuriated me for most of the book.
I understand there wouldn't be much conflict if she just yelled at everyone for their behavior, but honestly-and maybe I have anger issues-I would've. Nobody listened to her, they didn't even give her a chance to speak most of the time and when she did speak they didn't listen to her. Her mother made me so mad, ugh. I understand why everyone in Wonderland is mad. But I suppose I've never really liked Wonderland because it is so frustrating. It makes you wonder why I started this book, lol. The answer is that I loved Lunar Chronicles and I love doomed romance.
Now that ending, am I right? The Sisters were crazy creepy and I quickly felt my heart crush at the prophecies. I knew they weren't going to end up together for whatever reason but because he DIES?! His head gets CUT OFF?! I gasped. And also I deeply despised Mary Ann for telling on them and I was begging Catherine to leave her for dead. I wonder what that says about me (I'm apparently evil). Their happily ever after was in sight but Mary Ann just had to ruin it all. But I was also mad at Catherine for even wanting to look through the door, even after Hatta had told her it was best not to. She was an idiot for thinking that Jest wouldn't chase after her. He's a wonderful, lovesick boy, of course he'd follow her if he thought she was in danger.
But I was mostly satisfied with the fact that she went mad after he died, because this whole book was filled with her not speaking up about anything, so to see her take the reins and go insane was beautiful. I mean, yeah it was obvious that she'd lose her mind, but it was satisfying nonetheless. So many characters refrain from revenge and that's very heroic of them, but for once I wanted to see a character lose their mind because they lost everything. AND HER PARENTS, UGH. The audacity to ask her if she was okay with marrying the king AFTER Jest died. They finally decided they just wanted her to be happy after it was too late.
Anyway, I'll stop ranting. I just finished it a couple hours ago, so I had to vent.
*SPOILERS*
The first 2/3 of the book were kinda slow, I was waiting for something big to happen. I mean, Marissa totally pulled through with that, the ending was crazy and I wasn't too sure what I was reading anymore. But the rest of the book wasn't... awesome? For lack of a better word. The synopsis makes you think that her and Jest decide to enter a secret courtship, but that never happens? I was waiting for that the whole time, but she just kept rejecting them. I absolutely loved The Lunar Chroncicles, those characters are the best creation ever, but I must say I didn't get very attached to the characters in this book. Other than Jest and the turtle-er, sorry, mock turtle.
Also, I'm not sure if any of the plot twists were supposed to blow my mind, because I guessed just about everything. But I must say I was still thoroughly entertained, because I gobbled the book up quite quickly.
The last like 100 pages of the book proceeded to break my heart. Actually, this whole book broke my heart a lot. Catherine could be so harsh in rejecting Jest and honestly I'm not sure why she thought he was fickle. I thought he was incredibly clear with the fact that he liked her, because even when he was "encouraging," if you could even call it that, her to be with the king, he had such a pained expression on his face. The only fickle one was Catherine, who infuriated me for most of the book.
I understand there wouldn't be much conflict if she just yelled at everyone for their behavior, but honestly-and maybe I have anger issues-I would've. Nobody listened to her, they didn't even give her a chance to speak most of the time and when she did speak they didn't listen to her. Her mother made me so mad, ugh. I understand why everyone in Wonderland is mad. But I suppose I've never really liked Wonderland because it is so frustrating. It makes you wonder why I started this book, lol. The answer is that I loved Lunar Chronicles and I love doomed romance.
Now that ending, am I right? The Sisters were crazy creepy and I quickly felt my heart crush at the prophecies. I knew they weren't going to end up together for whatever reason but because he DIES?! His head gets CUT OFF?! I gasped. And also I deeply despised Mary Ann for telling on them and I was begging Catherine to leave her for dead. I wonder what that says about me (I'm apparently evil). Their happily ever after was in sight but Mary Ann just had to ruin it all. But I was also mad at Catherine for even wanting to look through the door, even after Hatta had told her it was best not to. She was an idiot for thinking that Jest wouldn't chase after her. He's a wonderful, lovesick boy, of course he'd follow her if he thought she was in danger.
But I was mostly satisfied with the fact that she went mad after he died, because this whole book was filled with her not speaking up about anything, so to see her take the reins and go insane was beautiful. I mean, yeah it was obvious that she'd lose her mind, but it was satisfying nonetheless. So many characters refrain from revenge and that's very heroic of them, but for once I wanted to see a character lose their mind because they lost everything. AND HER PARENTS, UGH. The audacity to ask her if she was okay with marrying the king AFTER Jest died. They finally decided they just wanted her to be happy after it was too late.
Anyway, I'll stop ranting. I just finished it a couple hours ago, so I had to vent.