Review: Heartless

Heartless by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I purchased this book from Kew & Willow. This book was on the NYC Reads 365 reading list for Grade 11-12.

I enjoyed this book considerably more than I thought I would. I read Cinder back in 2013 and wasn't a big fan, but I thought I'd give this one a try.

I didn't know this would be a reimagining of Alice in Wonderland. I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland &Through the Looking Glass in 2017. They felt too whimsical to me, so they didn't leave a lasting impression. I can't really tell if it was helpful to have read them before reading Heartless because Alice in Wonderland has so infiltrated popular culture that I'm not sure I wouldn't have caught the references without having read the first two stories beforehand.

I was afraid this would be as whimsical as the original, but I was surprisingly pleased.

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