Because this is a tragedy, and you need to know this going in.Favorite Character: Jest all the way. Plus, that adventure we almost had, except it got cut short prematurely. I can’t count the number of times I thought these words. I was strangely okay with it because it reflects the chaos in Catherine’s heart, but in the end, it really was too rushed for my liking. Events are thrown at us one after the other, and the book ends almost before I realized it was coming. In the last quarter of the novel, the plot picks up speed. That said, this is also one of the good elements of the story because it means Marissa Meyer did a great job bringing this character to life. I got really angry at Catherine’s mother.
Mothers Who Push Their Own Agenda on Their Daughter And I kept hoping against hope that she wouldn’t be the one to become the Queen of Hearts. That said, my heart bled many times over because of many of her decisions. What is interesting, and a sign of fantastic character development, is how Catherine’s upbringing and her own personality point towards her having the potential to become the Queen of Hearts, and we see her moving in this direction over the course of the novel. And since this is the story about the making of the Queen of Hearts. I know this is a tragedy, and I know that bad things have to happen to good people for a tragedy to occur. I’m not always opposed to stories where the characters want to be together despite their differences, but I appreciate how Catherine is conflicted.Ĭatherine’s Indecisiveness Had Me (Mentally) Headbanging I like how the ones involved in the star-crossed romance are aware of the difficulties of their attraction and how these difficulties contribute to the the trials they face. Yes, we’re in Wonderland, where most anything we can imagine comes to life. Whimsical (and Interesting) World Building They sound scrumptious. The use of figurative language and imagery does decline as the novel progresses, but the writing is still beautiful and poetic. I especially love her description of the lemon tarts in the first pages of Heartless. Marissa uses figurative language to bring the world the life. Even the one character that seemed too good to be true has his own complexities. Many I loved to loved and others I despised. Heartless is filled with quirky, imperfect characters whose personalities and backstories make them characters that I felt something towards.
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