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Fairest by Marissa Meyer

14 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“Here is what I think of love.” Is the last line of the book and I think it sums it up pretty well. 

When starting the book I was hoping that it would humanize Levana a little bit and make us like her more, but I was wrong. It was annoying because I feel that when you are reading about a villain you want to know what events led to them Losing their humanity, but it seemed Levana never had any. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Child death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: War, Sexual content, Bullying, Gore, and Pandemic/Epidemic

alizah's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

prashiie's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"She did not want to go down in history as the fairest queen this little moon had ever known. She wanted to be known through history as the fairest queen of the galaxy. As the ruler who united Luna and Earth under one monarchy."

Queen Levana’s origin story. Levana is smart and cares about Luna, unlike her sister who got crowned queen after their parents’ death. But even though her heart is in the right place, her way of achieving things is wrong. But she didn’t have good role models in her life. Her parents’ marriage wasn’t a good example of love and her relationship with her sister was toxic. Her sister, Queen Channary, was very manipulative and such a bully to her. It made me wonder how things would have turned out if only her sister was nice to her.

The choices that Queen Levana makes were so frustrating! There were so many moments where she could have chosen a different path but that wouldn’t have made sense. She believes that she has to make these choices for Luna to thrive. She is convinced that only she could be a great queen and that she deserves to rule over the galaxy. Just like Icarus, she is getting too close to the sun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Child death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, War, Blood, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

marenm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

it was interesting to see more about levanas background, but this book was very disturbing. while her actions fit her character and the evilness, it’s very reflective of right and wrong and the messiness of politics into a novella. the only reason it’s rated so low for me is that i couldn’t stand listening to levanas monologue and how terrible of a person she was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child death, Torture, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence

csmall73's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Xenophobia, Racism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

grac0n's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Spoiler

Trigger warning for this book: sexual assault themes. The power of manipulation, both in people’s minds and in their view of other people’s physique is a big part of this book. Levana, main character, is a broken child (15/16) who uses her talent for manipulation to coerce a guard to “love her.” Her most serious attempt occurred when she was 16 and the guard was 26? I skipped a lot of conversations where Levana is actively manipulating the guard because it was just close enough to r@PE to make the reader uncomfy. Plus also she’s a literal child trying to make an adult man desire her. It’s rough. She successfully coerces him into marriage. Their sex habits are alluded to, I think, but I was skimming still, so I do not know if she was still that young when they did it. This story is helpful to know why Levana is the way she is and how she got there, but it does a great job making sure you’re not empathetic at the end, which is important. If you decide to skip, it will not harm your reading journey for the Lunar Chronicles. </spoilers>

As a standalone novel, this book is meh. But taking into account the larger story at play, and that this is a backstory to a great villain in the Lunar Chronicles, it was not an unenjoyable read. Prior knowledge of the world is necessary before reading this book.

It’s a sad, heartbreaking story. The formation of a villain from a young princess who just wanted to be beautiful and loved. Same girl, but her methods are so wrong, and they’re what make her a ruthless villain. Marissa Meyer does a great job telling this brief story. It illicits strong reactions: sadness, disgust, horror, embarrassment, heartbreak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

tiana_king's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was not a pleasant book and the fact that it pained me to rate it 5 stars is a testament to the author’s skill. You aren’t SUPPOSED to like this story. It’s tragic overall with villains that have few redeeming qualities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, and Body shaming

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault

h_scarf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, and Child abuse

t_swizzle's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Violence

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wonderful novella. It’s great to see Levana’s backstory. I loved that Meyer made us understand Levana but not truly accept her. Amazing depiction of the effects of severe childhood trauma on how children grow. I really appreciated the subtle references to previous books too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gun violence, War, Infidelity, and Medical content