Reviews

Cyber Cinderella by Christina Hopkinson

lovelyjanelle13's review against another edition

2.0

I was hesitant to read this as I was born in 1999, so by the time I was allowed to use computers it was already onto smart phones and instagram, blogs were looked down on as cheesy and for people who felt they were special enough to warrant their own platform so I went into this expecting it to be outdated in that aspect, but ended up being outdated in more ways than one. That being said, the last few pages were the only part that I was entertained by, but even they had their problems. I don’t agree with making the singular queer character a crazy, obsessive stalker who made a website in the main character’s honor slash to push her to be better, more like the girl she has idolized in high school. The main character isn’t one you especially root for since she doesn’t really have that many redeeming qualities, she’s self absorbed, stays in a bad relationship, no hats off to George though, just because she doesn’t want to be single and then only leaves because she has another one waiting for her, as she has in the past including cheating with a married man. On the good side, in the end it helps that she grows a backbone and pushes for a life that satisfies her. The title also bothers me as Cinderella is a story of a prince tracking down a princess with only a single shoe, so I’m not quite sure what the metaphor is supposed to be. Is Alice the prince or Ivan? Is the lost shoe her motivation or her former self or I don’t know what else? The overall concept just reminded me of a knockoff of gossip girl, but less believable since it’s adults instead of teens.

fromjesstoyou's review

1.0

"... a HUGE disappointment!!! I could only make it through the first 20 pages or so before I got bored and had to force myself to finish ..... and THEN .."

Read more of my review here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/cyber-stalking-romantic-gesture-or.html