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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: April 30, 2013

Finish date: May 31, 2013

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Mar 26, 2013 Litsplaining rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, picked-up-on-travels, death, starcrossed-lovers, race-theme, saw-on-youtube, mystery, kickbutt-heroines, romance, all-time-favorites

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Cinder was EVERYTHING!

You know how you see certain books in other people's reviews and just sideeye the book and think, "really?... how old are you again? Fairytales are for kids!" Yeah...This was one of those times where I was totally wrong!

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Cinder was EVERYTHING!

You know how you see certain books in other people's reviews and just sideeye the book and think, "really?... how old are you again? Fairytales are for kids!" Yeah...This was one of those times where I was totally wrong!

(view spoiler)

Things that I enjoyed about this story:
1. Marissa Meyer seems to have thoroughly thought out what pieces of the Cinderella fairytale she would use to create her story. Instead of just extracting the whole tale, Meyer takes what she needs and leaves the rest of the tale alone. Her story never feels as if it was written between the lines of the Grimm brother's fairytale or in between the scenes of the Disney film adaptation. Meyer's story takes on a life of its own standing in the forefront in a saturated genre of literature where most stories have already been re-written to death. Her characters are well thought out and so is her setting for the story. Which brings me to point #2...

2. The setting of Meyer's story made me extremely happy due to me not really being a fan of dystopian novels. I always feel as if dystopian writers are trying to prove something when they write about worlds that have gone wrong in their quest for perfection/one country dominance/etc.. Yet, Meyers makes me feel as if this world has naturally evolved even though she makes it clear that their was once a war that took place. Unlike her contemporaries though, she doesn't force the issue of gore and death or other bad things upon the reader.

3. The technology in this novel was so cool! I really felt like the portscreens were really just amped up smart phones and this made me a little giddy about where technology might go in the future (LOL I know...how very nerdy of me). Cinder's BFF/Sidekick was one of my favorite characters. Iko, a humorous droid kept me laughing continuously whenever she oogled over the Prince or did some other human-like thing to cheer her buddy. (view spoiler)

Overall, Cinder was an excellent read. That I am glad that I picked up. I am now a true believer that fairytales are not just for kids. ...more

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Nov 14, 2015 Katie Bear rated it it was amazing

I started reading this book on 1st November 2015 I finished it today.
Earlier today I was on chapter 30 that was 2hours 51minutes ago.
This was a buddy read in the group I own.

This book was really good.I was shocked when I found read the ending. I did not enjoy the start but as I read on it got moreinteresting.

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Jun 21, 2012 Eva rated it really liked it

Shelves: cd-book, fiction, family, young-adult, main-character-is-awesome, technology, woman-power, re-telling, fantasy, beware-of-the-man

More of a 3.75. Really liked Cinder as a character; the story was a bit predictable; I loved the good doctor. It is lacking something, though -- an end. "To Be Continued" only really works in TV. ...more

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