#26 in Young adult
Winter
- 827
- Pages
- about 15 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Winter” closes “The Lunar Chronicles” generously, giving every couple and every plot thread a proper ending. Devoted readers get the emotional farewell they wanted, but at over eight hundred pages some find it overlong, with the climax arriving well before the last page and the large cast spread thin. This Snow White retelling is a finale through and through, not a place to start.
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About the book
Winter is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the fourth and final book in The Lunar Chronicles series and the sequel to Cress. The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of "Snow White", similar to its predecessors Cinder, Scarlet and Cress which were loosely based on "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Rapunzel" respectively. It was a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling novel.
Reading order · The Lunar Chronicles
Full order & progress →- CinderStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Scarlet
8.08.0 / 10 - Cress
8.48.4 / 10 - WinterThis book
8.48.4 / 10 - Fairest
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.6 across 516 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 28 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.6 | 488 | 95% |
Frequently asked
What age is Winter for?
Winter sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 827 pages — longer than 95% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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