FAIREST by Marissa Meyer | Book Discussion

[@megzart9238]

I pitied Levana a whole lot while reading fairest. I kind of felt like she had a sickness, cause she kept feeding herself with poisoned lies, convincing her self that what she was doing or what she wanted was right and HAD to be down until it was accomplished. I also feel sooooooooooooooooo bad for Evret. When Levana was hitting on him at the hospital I was literally flipping out like "YOU ARE INSANE. HIS WIFE JUST DIED, LIKE WHAT? AN HOUR AGO!?"

[@yessismiles]

I completely agree with you. This book gave me so many feels, and not good ones. My heart broke for Everett.

[@jessicatammreads]

+Yesenia Milan ALL the feels

[@elinpark641]

i was a little shocked to see channary love for selene. I want to know more about their relationship

[@mariannehakestadkristianse8897]

I think that a part of the reson why levana is so crazy and... well mentally ruined in so many ways, is that Channary used her powers to control Levana when levana was little. Not that that's an excuse for her to do all these terrible things, but i do think that that's a part of the reason! Because Levana says at some point in the book that she wants to use her powers on one of the little girls, but she does not do it because using powers to control small children can damage their mind. And later she says that (and we get to read about) her sister uses her powers to control Levana when Levana's little! So that can have damaged Levanas mind But still; Levana is freaking crazy and terrible and evil and i want to kill her but at the same time i did feel a little sorry for her some times BUT SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND!! I CRIED LIKE A BABY AT 1 AM AND HAD TO BITE MY FINGERS NOT WAKE MY FAMILY WITH MY SOBBS

[@breannagarcia3492]

Marianne Håkestad Kristiansen I totally agree with you, and I think that is why Levana’s backstory is so sad. Even though it doesn’t justify her actions, I pitied her through this entire book.

[@ayahhazem9753]

How did she kill everet? That was when that thaumaratge entered their room and killed him cuz levana kinda promised him to marry him!! Tell me if I'm wrong because I've just finished fairest and I really felt sorry for her but she could have been a better person if channary didn't bully her and set her on fire and it teaches u that u can't sb love u if they don't from the first place

[@alyanadejesus2673]

EXUCUSE ME SHE DID WHAT?!?!?!? I read more than half way through the book and I'm not expecting that to happened

[@Nataliecj]

Argh Channary would've made a much worse queen than Levana! She didn't care about any of her royal duties (not that Levana made good choices either) Channary shoved her sister into the flames, she was a sadist and a psychopath. You don't "grow out" of sadism! She basically made Levana what she was by taunting her and teasing her, Levana's only role model was Channary, who was a complete sadist! I felt really sorry for Levana, but I agree that it was hard to sympathise with her when she did such awful things. She was so dim as well as being cruel and jealous and vain and wishful, she really isn't an intelligent woman. Yes when she glamoured herself to look like Solstice I was cringing so much! NO LEVANA STOP. I suppose she didn't understand that people were sad when people died because her and Channary didn't care when their parents died at the beginning. She's sort of indifferent to death through the whole book (except at the end when Evret died). The person I feel most sorry for is Winter, she could have had such a good life if Levana hadn't fallen for Evret. Even if Solstice had died anyway, at least Evret and Winter could've been happy together. This book demonstrates how dangerous obsessive/stalkerish love is! I think your reasons for why Levana scarred Winter are dead on, I think it was a mix of guilt, regret and jealousy. I thought that it was really sad that Levana felt like she needed to be beautiful so badly, like she didn't even consider getting reconstructive surgery, it was almost showing how bad it is to be so obsessed with beauty and looks and how judgemental society can be of people who have burns or scars. Poor Levana. Poor, crazy you-clearly-have-a-mental-illness Levana...I can't wait for Winter, I'm so excited!

[@stariangelkakej8676]

I know Channary was just a big fat evil tyrant. All she did was what she wanted to do. And like you said She is Saddistic who cuts off their sisters hair a burns them up

[@marybob6947]

I guess pshychopath-ness runs in their family bloodline. in my head, most lunars are just narcissistic phsychopaths tbh

[@warnicorn6042]

MusicBooksTV damn it you spoiled the end

[@RachelHannah7]

Oh my gosh, the audiobook of this was SOO well done!!! The phrase that Levana's sister would say a lot: "Come here baby sister... I have something to show you." sounded so creepy from the narrator. Levana is totally insane.

[@jennyarachovity5404]

I agree with everything you said. Levana is just plain crazy! I felt bad for Evret too, he was such a nice guy.

[@bookworlder]

You hit the exact points I had issues with - I'm having trouble getting myself to finish reading it. Maybe I'll wait until right before Winter is published.

[@TheBookTreeReads]

I loved this book! And I agree with so much of what you said! I pitied Levana for a small portion of the book, but I ended up leaving the story hating her more than I did going into it. I actually did a really short spoiler-free review of Fairest where I talked about that, as well as how crazy I thought Levana was.

[@lcp2424]

I'm sure you know now since it's just been released & promise no spoilers, but you can learn a lot about Winter in the novella/short story "The Princess & the Guard" in Stars Above :)

[@lcp2424]

Also I'm not sure how much of that story & information is already in 'Winter', as I've just now started it, but it's very good!

[@samjensen392]

I think also that whenever Levana looks at Winter, she is reminded of Selene, because the two were best friends, and she couldn't stand the guilt of killing her.

[@elizabethgamez9293]

Yes, I also think that she scared Winter's face because she probably kept seeing Solstice and Evret. I felt so bad for him when he was being forced to do things against his will, especially since he aways was so kind to her. I mean if I was Evret, I would have made our marriage hell, but he didn't. He was such a good person and he didn't deserve what happened to him. I hope Selene takes her down of a course with Winter's help. I wonder now if Jacin remembers Cinder when he saw her in Cress, because I think he was old enough to remember her.

[@lipstickandlibraries]

Great review! This book had some rough moments because Levana was horrible but I almost pitied her sometimes but then she'd do more awful things that can't be forgiven. It was mentioned that when lunar power is used on children, it affects their mind so I was thinking Channary using it on her sort of messed her brain up? Idk... I'd rather think she was acting completely on her own will and is just a cruel and selfish person.

[@HaileyinBookland]

i thought this was a prequel to the lunar chronicles, not 3.5? now i'm confused! haha

[@alicusi]

It is a prequel in the way that talks about episodes happened before and after cinder's birth, but there are a lot of mention to charachters and episodes better explained in the three books of the series, so it's probably better to read them in publication order.

[@HaileyinBookland]

thanks so much! :)

[@simayylmaz566]

I thought that fairest was a only book and bought it ans red it . For a while until the end l loved Levana and honestly l still do but now l learned that l need to read 3 books that l was supposed read before it . I wish l knew

[@ashley12094]

completely agree with what you said! When it said how Levana was taking Solstice's face it made me sick to my stomach, it so pathetic! and poor Winter, i can't wait for the next one to come out!!!

[@camillarose3072]

I read Fairest this month and agreed with almost everything you said in this review!

[@nicolesnovelnook1321]

This book looks interesting and it is not what I typically read. I have red hair like you but mine is wavy. I wish I had straight hair so bad but I just love my hair color so much. Anyway the book looks amazing. Sorry I got off topic!!!😄😄😄

[@marybob6947]

OH my gosh I agree with everything you just stated

[@LittleRedRead]

Hello honey! I have the first book of this book series in my bookshelf but it is a eternal pendant. You persuaded me to read it as soon as possible

[@kariboheme]

I completely agree with everything you said. I started the book like OMG Channary is such a witch and pitied Levana because I could see the set up of explaining why she became who she was in Cinder. Then homegirl fell off the deep end and my jaw was pretty much on the floor from the moment in the hospital when she pretty much told Evret he was better off without Solstice. Even Channary pointed out how cruel she was being by controlling Evret and pretending to be Solstice after she had died. She might have said it in a rude manner but it was true and she even responded with something like "you don't do that" when Levana suggested she just make some guy love her when he was proving "difficult." I think it was that moment when I was like "oh, so you're the crazy one." I could not believe her cruelty and I was waiting for some horrendous thing to explain it all so when we finally came to the burning scene I was like "that's it?" Yeah, it was terrible, but like didn't justify much at all, and I had to accept that Levana was just downright evil. And then when she was contemplating how to kill Selene and setting all that up, I was screaming "no!" at the book over and over the entire time because I just could not believe her. Marissa Meyer did such a fantastic job with this novella. I love how she gave us the villain's story without taking away the villain (if that makes any sense). I think I might hate Levana even more now, especially knowing how she completely ruined Winter & Evret's life.

[@breannagarcia3492]

Karintha I know this doesn’t justify Levana’s actions, but I think when Channary manipulated Levana when she was little, it messed up Levana’s mind. Because in one part of the book Levana was going to manipulate Selene she didn’t because it could have messed her up.

[@jennawirtz9620]

I'm finishing up the infernal devices and then the mortal instruments and then will be reading the lunar chronicles!

[@marybob6947]

have fun

[@levisparabatai]

Loved reading Fairest! It has helped a little bit while waiting for Winter, but it's also made it worse lol. The fourth chapter for Winter was released in digital versions of Fairest and it's either the Walmart or Target hardcover editions have it in published format; (sorry I can't remember which exactly!) someone sent me pictures of it from Tumblr and it's an amazing Cinder and Kai scene that killed me! I encourage fans to try and grab a copy if they can! :)

[@AkiTolentino]

I'm currently reading Fairest!

[@charlotterosdahl1991]

I really want to read these books but I only have cinder

[@Lukesimmer]

i totally agree with eveything u said

[@daronyoung4096]

It’s really hard not to sympathize with Levana. In Winter Levana revealed that her parents never loved her and in Fairest, her sister practically tortured her every day during Levana’s childhood and the results left her with a broken mind and heart. And Levana might be a sociopath and really doesn’t understand people’s emotions like why Everett don’t love her and why Cinder wants to take the throne from her. Levana constantly lied to herself until she believed it.

[@fireflies15]

Your whole burning idea at 8:00 to 8:25 is so true!! The whole thing is so sad and ur ideas r all true just like what i thought, but i pitied Lavana more than u i guess. I mean cmon she's been through a lot that excuses her for her evilness and i believe that she's a good person at heart and i know you're gonna kill me for this. But I DONNOT excuse her for burning cinder at all. Also its kinda weird but for some reason i started liking sybil and knowing that shes dead now is a relief but i like to hear about her?!?! I dont know anyways thanks for the discussionXx

[@nomdeplume1358]

Fairest *sighs* It gave me so many feels...Like, I couldn't handle it. I honestly majorly shipped Levana and Everett...Like, so hard...And I'd get multiple fangasms when he did something nice for her like when he got her that necklace on her birthday...I loved them so much... I know he's like 10 years older than her...and he's married to Solstice who I really liked but...My feelings for #Levret were like...oh gosh...I can't be the only one, please tell me I'm not the only one...

[@rinsawerig4147]

Red_Queen_of_Shadow-Hunters And_Crows You're not He tried so hard and was so kind and understanding until he broke And she was already broken I just wished he could have healed her I kept hoping for that to happen even though we all knew how it was gonna ended Levana raped him No question about it Everett should clearly get away from her But being inside Levanas head I just wished she had just one person who loved her Such a small thing couldve saved her Man i feeeeel for Levana

[@nomdeplume1358]

To be honest, I don't normally hate villains, I usually love them just as I would any other character and sometimes even more...and I'm a sucker for evil queens...Like, bring on the Levana's and Queen Maeves and the Cersei's ....My love for villains then confuses me cause I love them so much and they're doing these bad things and I don't know if I want them to succeed or not. xD...Some villains I really loved are The Darkling and The Darkling and Sebastian and Obviously Levana...I also really loved Channary. I also love Darth Vader, he's my husband...xD...Let me shut up now.

[@theladysiona]

I felt so sorry for Levana. What she was wrong, yeah, but I really empathize with her nonetheless.

[@JiixBooks]

Nodding through the whole video Know that i think about it she actually reminds me of voldemorts mother only instead of poision its glamour

[@Rebecca.k]

To me levanas sister was the real evil queen she wants to do the best for Luna but yes she did do bad stuff and that dosent justifies it but yea maybe in a different ending cinder and levana could build a relationship because to me cinder and levana has so much in common

[@artemisbeasty196]

Actually Levana didn't want Evert too die

[@Luluandherbooks]

See I pitted Levena for the first half of the book before She started plotting to kill baby Selene, I mean I knew Levena was insane but I didn’t know that she was insane enough to BURN A THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL ALIVE.And come on, why did you just assume Selene was gonna turn out just like Selene YOU CANT PREDICT THE FUTURE.Also, Levena isn't just crazy, she's delusional.She was kind of like Cress in the way of her fantasies but Cress’s were more adorable whereas Levenas were her thinking of what the world should be according to her.

[@ramsikalia1020]

Hey, I was wondering if anyone would agree with me. But remember how Channary can always see through Levana's glamours?.. and once in the book Levana lies to her about something(I can't remember what exactly) and Channary says that she knows Levana is lying but doesn't care..so she sees through the lie as well.. Does anyone think that that's why Cinder can tell when someone is lying to her or trying to glamour her? And I agree, Levana was bat-shit crazy Can't wait for Winter! :)

[@wolflover319able]

Cinder can tell if someone is lying to her because her eye flashes red to mean that someone is lying and does nothing if someone is telling the truth

[@elinpark641]

Deborah Dieudonne orange

[@aleksandragieralt1532]

Interesting review. Personally, I think Levanna is a terrible queen, however I think that she's completely bat-crap crazy, not evil. I feel bad for her for what happened in her past, but I can't wait to see Cinder regain the kingdom. I think Channary was worse, although the book hints at one point that Channary was also crazy. Their society, which is based on lies and illusions, was driving them crazy. I think Evret and Solstice were strong people because they managed to thrive in such an environment. Evret is definitely the woobie of the story. I feel terrible for him. However, I think that if Levanna had gotten psychological help and found friendship, she might have ended up different (although I don't think she would ever have been fit to be queen), while Channary seemed to be in complete control of herself when she made her bad choices. I can't make up my mind if Channary is evil of crazy too, but I think Levanna is just insane.

[@KuramasGirl99]

I could not finish this book. Queen Levana is the result of physical and emotional abuse. In the beginning, I felt bad for her, but after a point, she deserved to be put out of her misery.

[@BooksAlTheWay]

I NEED TO BUY IT! RIGHT NOW!!!!! :)

[@seanjchristian42]

hi

[@xdieromantic7x]

i really wanna read the first 3 chapters on winter but i really have no interest in reading fairest =\

[@simayylmaz566]

Honestly it was the first lunar book l red. I thought it was an only book and l loved the book...until the end

[@historiapinkman7012]

I agree so much w you! levana is a pure psycho! I pitied her but then I hate her she's just so depressing. and I'm so sorry for evret. unlucky guy:(, Ahhhh this series is just amazing

[@leetv8883]

Oh I thought this was strictly 0.5 prequel material...oh well!

[@nomdeplume1358]

Gosh...Levana is bae♥♥♥♥I love her...

[@simayylmaz566]

Wut

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Loved this discussion and review! I agree with you a lot. I felt bad for Levana, but she was also crazy. It was just... what. I was so sorry for the guy she controlled the whole time! His whole life was turned inside out and upside down and he didn't even deserved it. I am not so sure about Levana's sister... maybe she could have matured, but that woman also had a lot of issues that needed resolving and dealing with too. Their whole past was messed up and it wasn't healing, which was a huge issues! Winter comes out soon! I am so excited :D Hope you stop by and check out my channel sometime x

[@katies7415]

Completely agree. Great video. Ps. You're really pretty :)

[@guruaboorva3931]

Cinder is the best queen compared to the rest

[@Parisflower101]

That book is brutal

[@TheStaceySquad]

I've been wanting to pick up Fairest so badly! It looks awesome! I just did a book haul on my channel and it's my first one, can you please check it out? Thanks! And your videos are really fun to watch :)

[@betul9763]

I didn't like this book at all

[@Parisflower101]

Betül wuuuut

[@isagonzalez9034]

Eh?