Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

43 reviews

giulidrago's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

Cinder non è un libro perfetto, soffre un po' troppo di prevedibilità e le sue piccole ingenuità non permettono al lettore di dimenticare che sta leggendo un esordio, ma al tempo stesso- Cenerentola cyborg in una futura Nuova Pechino devastata da una malattia e per contorno, una possibile guerra contro gli abitanti della Luna? Marissa Meyer, tanto di capello, con una premessa del genere avrei scusato errori anche più grossolani. 
Cinder è un libro leggero e divertente che riesce a intrattenere ed emozionare dall'inizio alla fine, i suoi personaggi sono il giusto impasto di dolcezza e sarcasmo, le relazioni interpersonali, sebbene semplici, arrivano dritte al cuore ed è impressionante come siano invecchiate bene senza scadere negli stilemi irritanti tipici del 2012. 
Un retelling dev'essere giudicato anche in base a come si rapporta con la materia originale, e decisamente uno dei pregi di Cinder è poter scovare tutti i riferimenti alla fiaba! L'autrice ha saputo gestire molto bene i cambiamenti e le novità introdotte, ogni innovazione ha un suo perchè e questo ha reso la lettura ancora più gradevole! Non vedo l'ora di leggere il seguito! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Ableism

lydz1106's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is such a cool modern (future, actually??) retelling of Cinderella. She is NOTHING like any Cinderella we've read or watched before. She is a mechnic with a good portion of her body being mechanical in and of itself. Meyer does a fantastic job creating interesting plot points that surprise the reader yet also point them to the original source material of Cinderella. Overall a quick-paced, clever book. I can't wait to read the next installments! The few issues I had with the book were just that it was a bit hard to get into at first, especially because some of the characters weren't as interesting as they could have been, and sometimes the word usage was odd, almost like she used the word adjacent to what she actually meant.

I don't include the audio performer in my overall star review, but I'd give Rebecca Soler 3.75/5.0. There isn't much to say outside of her performance falling flat. It wasn't actively bad, but there wasn't enough excitement and variance in her narration to intrigue me; my inner reading dialogue is much more enthusiastic than her performance itself is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Deportation, Car accident, Colonisation, Confinement, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and War

Those listed in "graphic" are central themes, although the ableism is more of metaphor (Cinder is a cyborg and treated poorly because of it) than a direct commentary. Moderate categories listed are related to the death of a loved one in the plot, a medical research focus due to the epidemic theme, and the aforementioned ordeal of Cinder being cyborg. "Minor" category items are straightforward and not too present in the book.

kkuecker218's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Body shaming, and Fire/Fire injury

campredwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Abandonment

jessicadoom's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

After reading Renegades, I had high hopes for the rest of Marissa Meyer's books. World-building wise, I was still very much impressed. And the story was great! There was just something missing to keep it from being a full 4 stars. Maybe it was the insta-love. Maybe the fact that I called the twist from very early on. Not sure, but I did still enjoy it! Just not yet ready to pick up the next book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Self harm, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

lara_waraful's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic

alanna23's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery and War

kal_el_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Gun violence