Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

39 reviews

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

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

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 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Gun violence

smileypers0n's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Ableism, Child death, Child abuse, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Medical trauma, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Gun violence

elizabeth12's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

My cousin gifted me this book years ago, and I have tried so many times to read this book. I finally decided to try the audiobook and I was hooked. I think I had a hard time reading it originally because of the plague and the medical experimentation. Some of it made my skin crawl. It's more intense than I was expecting from a young adult book.

I loved the worldbuilding! The world is set 126 years after World War 4, and there's cyborgs, aliens, and androids. It's a very unique version of Cinderella (and there's some Snow White elements), and even if it wasn't marketed as a retelling, the story would still stand on it's own. I'm excited to see how Marissa Meyer expands the world throughout the series. 

This is not a Disney fairytale retelling. This is dark and heartbreaking and reminiscent of older fairytales. The romance between Kai and Cinder is important, but it is not the main focus. 

I'm curious to see how Cinder will deal with being cyborg, Lunar, and royal. I hope we dive more into that in the next books.

I loved this book, and I loved the narration. I'm so excited to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Medical content

hollyheartless's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War