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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Sehr schönes Buch! Ich fand zwar den großen Plot twist am Ende ziemlich vorhersehbar aber ansonsten hat mir die Geschichte mit den Märchen Aspekten gut gefallen und ich bin schon gespannt wie es in Band 2 weitergeht.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
tense
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
estuvo meh la verdad esperaba más, solo lo compré porque estaba en rebaja y tiene portada bonita.
cinder es lesbiana I just know it no hay manera de que sea hetero
cinder es lesbiana I just know it no hay manera de que sea hetero
I love this fairytale retelling. my favorite trope
After hearing mixed reviews, I decided to give Cinder a try and I'm so glad I did. The retelling of the fairy tale has sparks of its own originality and I loved it.
I read this book because I had nothing better to do. I had high hopes, and I'm happy to say that Cinder followed through with them.
First we have cyborgs. Yes? Yes. Cyborgs, especially Cinder, are fricking cool. The world Marissa Meyer has created is beautiful. It certainly isn't a utopia, not with the plague sweeping through the people, her evil stepmother sending her off to be a lab guinea pig, and her only human friend's imminent death.
Cinder is a nice character. I feel like she was real, and I could relate to everything that ran through her mind. I liked how she cared so much about her robotic friend Iko and the health of a human girl, when everything was against her. She never complained, she moved on and did as she was told.
Her relationship with Prince Kai was rocky for me. I liked how she turned him down for the ball, because she wasn't a fangirl falling all over him, but when they started to care for each other I felt like nothing was there. That's why I took off a star, because the relationship towards these two characters was dull at most. I didn't really know what to make of it.
At least there is no love triangle, folks!
The plot was amazing and the re-telling of Cinderella in this story is beautiful. Kudos to the author, and to the experience she brought me along the ride for.
All I can say is, well played Marissa Meyer, well played.
First we have cyborgs. Yes? Yes. Cyborgs, especially Cinder, are fricking cool. The world Marissa Meyer has created is beautiful. It certainly isn't a utopia, not with the plague sweeping through the people, her evil stepmother sending her off to be a lab guinea pig, and her only human friend's imminent death.
Cinder is a nice character. I feel like she was real, and I could relate to everything that ran through her mind. I liked how she cared so much about her robotic friend Iko
Spoiler
broke my heart to pieces when her stepmother sold Iko, and Cinder found her personality chip.Her relationship with Prince Kai was rocky for me. I liked how she turned him down for the ball, because she wasn't a fangirl falling all over him, but when they started to care for each other I felt like nothing was there. That's why I took off a star, because the relationship towards these two characters was dull at most. I didn't really know what to make of it.
At least there is no love triangle, folks!
Spoiler
My heart also broke when Cinder told herself 'I'm not special enough to go to war for' because the Prince/Emperor rejected her.The plot was amazing and the re-telling of Cinderella in this story is beautiful. Kudos to the author, and to the experience she brought me along the ride for.
All I can say is, well played Marissa Meyer, well played.
This book was...weirder than I expected.
The story follows Cinder, a Cyborg mechanic living in New Beijing with her adopted mother and two adopted sisters. New Beijing and all of Earth have been ravaged by an incurable disease, plus they have to deal with the Lunar Queen, who is violent, war hungry, posses the ability to influence the people around her, and wants to become the new emperor on Earth.
There are a lot of what you would expect from a Cinderella retelling. Evil stepmother/ stepsister, a prince, a ball, a missing shoe (foot). But the story also takes a dark turn, dealing with death and disease, scientific experimentation on people, and a metaphor for racism (maybe). It was certainly a fun, albeit dramatic, ride and I do plan on continuing the series.
I'd give the book a 3/5 for writing and a 3/5 for entertainment. It feels like a very classic YA book that I am maybe a little too old for, but that I can still enjoy.
The story follows Cinder, a Cyborg mechanic living in New Beijing with her adopted mother and two adopted sisters. New Beijing and all of Earth have been ravaged by an incurable disease, plus they have to deal with the Lunar Queen, who is violent, war hungry, posses the ability to influence the people around her, and wants to become the new emperor on Earth.
There are a lot of what you would expect from a Cinderella retelling. Evil stepmother/ stepsister, a prince, a ball, a missing shoe (foot). But the story also takes a dark turn, dealing with death and disease, scientific experimentation on people, and a metaphor for racism (maybe). It was certainly a fun, albeit dramatic, ride and I do plan on continuing the series.
I'd give the book a 3/5 for writing and a 3/5 for entertainment. It feels like a very classic YA book that I am maybe a little too old for, but that I can still enjoy.