Reviews

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

visandlacer's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was fed crumbs from the 1st to the 38th chapter.

Do I regret that? No. 💜

Review Log:

cinder was a slow burn, and by slow, I truly meant slow. that took a while on my part because I barely got out of a book slump. that isn't to say that this book was boring. I very much enjoyed cinder's self-discovery throughout these chapters.

in every romantasy I've read, I'm heavier on the romance-y angst type, so having to open up my world building was a nice start with this series. I just find it perfect that they didn't make kai and cinder get together right away. like, I really have to get those other novels down to see what's going to happen. 💜

the little things like her first encounter with kai and down to their last was my most favorite because that prince did not let go of that foot whatsoever. he held that foot more than I can for every bit of crumbs that I've been given to. 

blackhyenatango's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

isabbellajohnson's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

gracereadsforlove's review against another edition

4.0

Finally read it! And I am totally rooting for Cinder and Prince Kai's love story :)

phaeley's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

jasmineher's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

morganniemarie's review against another edition

3.0

A bit slow, but it picked up toward the end. Though I feel the “twist” was a bit obvious, it wasn’t unenjoyable. My curiosity is piqued - I’ll be reading on to see what happens

b0okcupidity's review against another edition

3.0

There were two things I was hung up on while reading Cinder:



1.) If there are moon people, who live on the moon, a colony of them with houses and industry and stuff....wouldn't that muck up the moon's reflective qualities? Right? That would not be cool. I like that shiny orb. I like to look through my little octagaonal window in my entryway in the middle of the night when the whole house is sleeping and gaze upon it's lovliness in peace and silence.



I've decided that moon people would screw that up for me.



2.) How, exactly, does a cyborg bathe?





When I wasn't think about those things, I was engaged in the story. With cyborgs and andriods in a technology reliant world, and a devestating plague facing the new emporer, Cinder really has a lot of cool going on.



The thing that didn't really work for me was that it's a retelling of Cinderella. In fact, I think the book would have been greatly improved if it were just loosely inspired by Cinderalla instead of following its plot points, which I found distracting from an otherwise good story. For example, the pumpkin that takes Cinder to the ball...it's actually an old gasoline run car that she fixes up. This car is not, at all, important to the central story. It in fact, is not interesting and creates gaping plot holes but yet we spend time (valuable time during the heat of the action) repairing said car - just to fill a spot in the timeline of the original fairy tale.



I put Scarlet on hold at the library because Cinder is left in the most precarious of cliffhangers...one handed, by a pinky finger.

dizzym's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

graysilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75