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Cinder by Marissa Meyer

42 reviews

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Can absolutely see the parallels in this retelling. Obsessed with the relationship. Absolutely hated Adri and Pearl. I wish there would’ve been a fairy godmother element to it. The plot twist was very predictable but I still liked it. I wish we had gotten more Iko scenes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Self harm, and Gun violence

carynnbanner's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

baponthecob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I dont hate it????
It was a little slow bc of exposition and setup and all of that, but it wasnt bad.
The way Cinder was 16 and Kai was 18 bugged me a lot so I'm just pretending that's not a thing.
To me, they vibe more as friends. I would like to see them get closer platonically and actually bond over something and get to know each other. Bc rn their entire thing is banter and flirting.
I like Kai and Cinder as individuals. They're both sarcastic little shits lol. Sometimes it was a BIT MUCH, but it added funny bits.
All the scenes with Adri made me feel really conflicted? They tugged on my heartstrings, man. There were a lot of scenes that were just painful. /pos 
Also, as a reread, I can see a lot of foreshadowing and setup for future books.
Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised at how this holds up. I understand why 12-year-old me liked this so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: War, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Self harm, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

The adult/minor relationship is 18 & 16

namzuru's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Gun violence

awkwardpotat013's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

I'm sad I didn't pick up this series sooner!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide attempt

keiwald's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

Finished part one in an hour. I got sucked in so fast, I wasn't expecting to care about the side characters right away. The plot was expected but still had its own uniqueness from the fairytale retelling. Finished the book in less than 24 hours and desperately want to get my hands on the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Self harm, Torture, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Gun violence

empathephant's review

mysterious slow-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

3.0

I think I really do just have a problem getting my brain to adjust the the new conditions of an SFF universe, because on this second read through I enjoyed the book so much more, no longer being unfamiliar with the setting and vocabulary. I need to remember this and just push through in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Excrement, Dementia, Violence, Slavery, Vomit, and Car accident

A pandemic that causes nearly death threatens the world. The plot takes place under the looming threat of war, centering on trying to prevent the war. Main character is an orphan, living in an abusive adoptive family.

At various points in the book, main character and other character are imprisoned, subjected to mind control, and manipulated into harming themselves. Two characters die from the pandemic, one in squalid conditions.

Book maintains a relatively lighthearted tone throughout, with moments of darkness and grotesqueness.

mndy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed reading this Cinderella retelling. Although the ending was a bit predictable, the interpolated science fiction made the story a lot more interesting than your standard fairy tale. Though I did find Cinder annoying and a bit ignorant at times, I love her background and character overall. It ends on a cliffhanger, leaving you wanting to read the next installment. I bought the series a while back but never got the chance to read them, and I’m glad I finally did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood and Gun violence

nxclx's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Honestly, the combination or Cinderella retelling mixed with a few other fairy tales didn't work for me. The third quarter was the most interesting for me, but then it got right back to being a retelling and it was distracting and all the plot twists were way too predictable for my tastes.
I didn't get the

feeling of sadness for Peony and her sickness and death, and Cinder seemed way more concerned with the Prince and the romantics kind of took over there.

Also... we get it. The prince is hot. He's attractive. Woo.
Cinder for me could've been such a bad ass character, but she came across as brash and impulsive - which I get it, she's a teenager, but still. She' s grown up in this abusive household and her actions from the beginning don't show that. It would've been more appropriate to me to see that growth. Kai comes across the same way to me: out of character. I know that's a weird phrasing since he is the character but hear me out. He's grown up a prince and has presumably been taught his entire life how to run a country, how to act, proper diplomatic moves to make... and yet here he is, impulsive and not acting like a prince, but more of a regular teenager/young adult.
I feel like I've read this story before many times over in YA Fantasy that came out around this time, and maybe I need to stop reading books like that, but they all start to blend together and sound completely unoriginal...

"Chosen"

Girls who are commoners/lower class, and they're 'not like other girls'

(and who also turn out to be royalty for some reason or another, so that eliminates the class barrier - one of the reasons I love Aladdin)

and yet the prince/special higher class boy who either 'isn't like other boys' or doesn't act like the setting he was placed in, still finds her stunning and she catches his attention. It's over played and unrealistic.
I did like that they

weren't together at the end of the book, that works more for me than forcing the ending to wrap up quickly and rush things.

I don't know if I'll be continuing on with the series, but it's been on my TBR the longest, and I'm glad to have gotten it out of the way so I'll stop wondering about it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual assault

Clarifications: (partial spoilers, nothing major) - Body Shaming: for being a Cyborg and not human, not related to weight - Medical Content: medical examination and blood draws - Suicide: not actual suicide, but attempted forced suicide (twice.) - Terminal Illness: there's a deadly plague. sound familiar? - Xenophobia: aliens/cyborgs, not modern xenophobia - Gun Violence: again, attempted forced suicide (with a gun) - Sexual Assault: SPOILER she kisses him against his will and he does not reciprocate