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Cursed by Marissa Meyer

61 reviews

dom_brlw's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cried my eyes out at the end. But very good book, great story, expertly written as could be expected with Marissa Meyer. 
A new (Rumpelstiltskin) retelling that is very worth it. 
And I like how the novel ended, a very nice touch. 
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gaby's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A fantastic series conclusion, still not completely and totally IN LOVE, which is what I need to give a book 5 stars. 
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jaqylantern's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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capriqueen's review against another edition

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

2.5

My feelings from the first book carried through to this one. The world building and lore are generally pretty cool, but the story feels very crammed and a bit disjointed. Didn’t care much at all for the romance, and
still kinda wish something happened with the Erlking


Also really frustrated that Serilda’s power is never explained. I couldn’t tell if she made things come true or if the things she said happened to be true. It’s probably the former, but again never explained. And how cool would that be, if the god of lies is actually the god of truths. Like they called them the god of history too
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aroraback's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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amistired's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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celery's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

im still crying and the book is over
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mgsingfiel_99's review against another edition

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I was discussing this book with my community recently and realized that it doesn’t align with my reading values. But don’t let that speak to the quality of this book. The writing is well done, albeit a tad predictable sometimes, and the storyline is pretty fun. I am quite curious how it ends but just decided to read things that better meet those values.
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jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I ADORED THIS. The sequel to gilded this book brings the astonishing retelling of rumplestiltskin and mortals blessed by gods to a close with a wonderfully happy ending. 

Through fights and chaos, finding freedom, future and truth, this book truly does go through the phases. Having loved the lunar chronicles when I read them at 17 I had high expectations or Marissa again and not only did she meet them but really exceeded them. 

Seeing Gild and Serilda finally have a happy ending was so heartwarming, and alongside the creativity, great world building and every other amazing part of this book I was also overjoyed to see queer representation in several forms both in the past and present settings of the books time and lore. 

Overall these are a great and engaging read for someone wanting a re spun fairytale with a magically engaging plot that’s truly unique in its own right too 
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cee_reads's review

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

4.5

I always love Marissa Meyers books and Cursed didn't disappoint. It fully brings together all plot point which was satisfying. I found parts of the ending not super satisfying but that's just me. The actual ending fits with the over arching story very well.
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