Ahhhh. I loved Red Queen, but I could not stand Maven.
Listen, I know he’s a complex little dude, but on the other hand he annoyed me personally. I generally really like characters like him, but for some reason I was almost completely unable to empathize with him.
His abuse at the hands of his mother was an awful, tragic thing. Of course it had longstanding impacts on who he is, his values, and general outlook on life.
And I do feel some sympathy for him. Especially because of Maven’s relationship to Cal, and how it was taken and twisted by his mom. I know my older brother cares about me, and I do too, so just knowing that he was robbed of that same connection is… distressing, almost.
But also whenever he started yapping in King’s Cage I was already waiting for Mare to just tell him to shut up 😭😭 like girl why are u trauma dumping to the girl u kidnapped…
Idk if it was Maven’s intention to kinda force Mare to see him, but it did not work for me. All I saw was him being whiny as he quite literally slowly kills Mare because of his fucked up ability to love. And that’s not all his fault, but him kidnapping her is. That was all his own doing, no matter how shaped by circumstances he was.
Anyways. Pale sickly Victorian child, rest in peace near your mother. Or something.
