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jerry_pov's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Animal cruelty
sporemiette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Violence, Gun violence, Gore, Death of parent, Confinement, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture
lagiven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, War, Murder, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Grief, and Torture
tkatt20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I still find myself unsure of whether or not I want to continue this series. If I do it will only be to see everything wraps up, I love the characters and the plot but I just wish I didn't have so many question. It is a fantastic series and it is probably a good choice for others, it just might not be for me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, and Torture
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Medical content
theespressoedition's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
This book was my favorite of The Lunar Chronicles the first time I read the series, going on 10 years ago now. I've never been a huge fan of The Big Bad Wolf or Little Red Riding Hood (or whatever you want to call the story), primarily because I didn't find it interesting. However, Marissa Meyer knows how to make every fairytale more interesting. Give me mind-controlling aliens, cyborgs, and wolf-men any day and I'm gonna be totally hooked.
Unlike my reread of Cinder, I found this story to be better the second time around. It's an easy read, as all of the books in this series are, and I loved how quickly I got invested in the story - despite knowing what was to come. There were certain scenes that clearly stuck out to me the first time I read these books because I vividly remembered them and had those "OH YEAH! This is happening now!" moments - and that made it extra much fun to read them again. Other moments were less captivating, originally, yet I thoroughly enjoyed them during this reread.
I'll admit, it's a little hard to write a review on something I've already read because the emotions aren't new. But I will say that this book holds up over the years and it only made me look forward to moving on to Cress!
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Torture
talkstofish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Overall, this book definitely felt like a stepping stone in the series. It definitely felt like it was introducing characters to set up the next parts of the series and plot, rather than being interesting itself. It can't be read stand alone, but it's fine for continuing the series.
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Kidnapping
This book focuses more on how Cinder became a cyborg (medical content). The plot for the new character (Scarlet) focuses on the kidnapping of her grandmother. War threatens to break out between the Lunar colony and Earth, so there is violence and death present in this book.empathephant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The characters just didn't capture my attention in the same way and I was frustrated that I wasn't getting more of the Cinder storyline.
Final review after I finished it:
This turned out to be really good and adventurous. I learned to like the characters. I think there was a bit of a plateau of interest the first time around that caught me off-guard. I wasn't as interested in the setting of the new book and I wanted to know what was going on with Cinder, not learn about new characters and have exposition. Once I pushed past that part the second time around, though, it was great, and the series keeps getting better, so I'm glad I did!
Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence
Missing persons case.therobinjoyce's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The continuation from book 1s character took far too long to be reintroduced and the action could have been far much more ramped up. There was a innate sense of predictability to the majority of the story but all in all it was a decent read.
I did particularly enjoy the interactions and character relationships between Wolf and Scarlet and their story was very compelling and intriguing.
If I'd read this as a teenager I probably would have loved it far more than I did reading it for the first time as an adult.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, and Torture
theartsybookwitch's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Kidnapping
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I really liked that SCARLET had a self-contained story from Scarlet's perspective as well as pushing the series plot forward. I felt Scarlet was a well-written character, so don't misconstrue my relatively meh reaction as a judgement on the writing here - I thought it was well-done, I just wanted more of Cinder and less of Scarlet. And that's okay, by the way. We don't all need to love all the characters. I think that Marissa Meyer wrote her really well and the romantic storyline made sense based on what we know about Scarlet and I have no complaints about the writing or style.
Looking forward to moving on to Cress where we meet yet another important character and weave another fairytale into this futuristic world. I think the series as it stands is a really good and creative and I love it.
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Minor: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence