Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

44 reviews

bluelillybooks's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing 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: Medical content, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Bullying, and Death

risten's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Confinement, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

inkysplodge's review against another edition

tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, and Vomit

lilawsahar's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I remember reading this book when it was first published and I loved it so much (I was a teenager then). Re-reading it as an adult, I’m so glad that it’s as good as I remembered. 

Cinder is a young girl and cyborg living in New Beijing. She lives with her step-mother/guardian and her two step-sisters. Classic Cinderella story. However, in this world there is a virus that is killing people on earth brought by the people of the moon. The prince must secure an alliance with the moon queen in order to protect his people from the virus and imminent war, but if he goes through with it the queen will use her power to control the whole planet. That is if his feelings for Cinder don’t get it the way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, War, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Grief, and Body horror