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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
so fun! really fresh take on fairy tale retellings
Actual rating 4.75/5 stars!
I’m so surprised with how much I really loved this! I’ve got to say I think sci-fi is becoming a genre that I’m going to grow to really love. I never thought before this year that I’d say that either because sci-fi intimidated the crap out of me and I just wasn’t into it. Then I read Illuminae and my opinion changed. This once again changed my opinion on the genre again!
It’s such an interesting world that has been created. I love the idea of this New-Beijing and how the futuristic side of this story is so cool! I love Cinder. Kai is really awesome too! I love Iko! Queen Levana is insane!
So I felt like the last plot twist that was happened in the book was a little predictable. So that’s why I docked it a quarter star. But in the end this was so great and I’m so glad that after having it unread on my shelves for like 4 years to have finally read it!
I’m super excited to read Scarlet soon! This was also my first read for #booktubeathon
I’m so surprised with how much I really loved this! I’ve got to say I think sci-fi is becoming a genre that I’m going to grow to really love. I never thought before this year that I’d say that either because sci-fi intimidated the crap out of me and I just wasn’t into it. Then I read Illuminae and my opinion changed. This once again changed my opinion on the genre again!
It’s such an interesting world that has been created. I love the idea of this New-Beijing and how the futuristic side of this story is so cool! I love Cinder. Kai is really awesome too! I love Iko! Queen Levana is insane!
So I felt like the last plot twist that was happened in the book was a little predictable. So that’s why I docked it a quarter star. But in the end this was so great and I’m so glad that after having it unread on my shelves for like 4 years to have finally read it!
I’m super excited to read Scarlet soon! This was also my first read for #booktubeathon
adventurous
lighthearted
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
Debo de admitir que esperaba más acerca de este libro, no me mal entiendan, hace muchos años escuché bastante acerca de esta historia, incluso conozco a muchos booktubers que me dijeron que estos libros eran unos de sus favoritos.
Realmente esta primera entrega fue normal para mi, ciertamente hubo unas partes que me enganchaban más que otras, pero me quedo a deber este libro.
Tambien diría que le hizo falta más incognitas, las que surgieron las noté un poco predecibles.
Pero no pierdo las esperanzas, espero que el segundo libro de la saga sea mucho mejor.
Eso si, este libro es perfecto para las personas que buscan una historia ligera y rápida de leer.
Realmente esta primera entrega fue normal para mi, ciertamente hubo unas partes que me enganchaban más que otras, pero me quedo a deber este libro.
Tambien diría que le hizo falta más incognitas, las que surgieron las noté un poco predecibles.
Pero no pierdo las esperanzas, espero que el segundo libro de la saga sea mucho mejor.
Eso si, este libro es perfecto para las personas que buscan una historia ligera y rápida de leer.
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Spoiler
I just realized that Cinder by Marissa Meyer is basically like the Japanese fairytale, The Moon Princess. Both involve princesses hiding out on earth for some crime and for their own safety, adopted, and wooed by princes and kings. They also involve rockets to the moon, a group of people from the moon who come down in search of the princess, and princesses who return to the moon to claim their title.Except Cinder goes more into the European tales of Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White with a background of China.
Hurray! A YA fantasy that I actually really enjoyed! I was very happily flying through the pages of this book without the usual stumbling blocks of it feeling too clichéd or overly-young.
Cinder is a reimagining of the classic Cinderella story; but with some significant mixups. Set in the futuristic city of New Beijing, against a backdrop of political unrest and a mysterious deadly plague.
We find oppressed Cinder in the familiar scenario of being mistreated by her step-mother. But this Cinder is a cyborg; a part human, part android hybrid who has a chance encounter with a prince.
Cinder is a reimagining of the classic Cinderella story; but with some significant mixups. Set in the futuristic city of New Beijing, against a backdrop of political unrest and a mysterious deadly plague.
We find oppressed Cinder in the familiar scenario of being mistreated by her step-mother. But this Cinder is a cyborg; a part human, part android hybrid who has a chance encounter with a prince.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Cinder by Marissa Meyer is a fairy-tale retelling based on the story of Cinderella. Similar to the original, a girl has to suffer in silence about her ugly stepsisters and stepmother, until she meets a fairy godmother that would change her life for the better. This novel is almost like this fairytale...but not quite.
First off, the thing that makes this different from other Cinderella retellings is that Cinder is a cyborg. She lives in an almost sic-fi setting that is still fairly modern even though it has high technology, which I appreciated. It's nice to see that the society isn't too high-tec or uses terms that are hard to compute, because sometimes I feel that it makes the word building worse when they're trying to build up a story. Even though there was new settings, I though they were a nice touch to the society she lives in. For example, the main thing that I thought was cool is that Earth has an unstable peace with Luna, a colony on the moon.
Cinder is also the best mechanic in New Beijing, a city in the Eastern Commonwealth and one of the main settings for the series. In the Eastern Commonwealth, cyborgs are looked down upon, so much so that there’s a cyborg draft that uses them as plague testers for a cure in a deadly plague sweeping the country. Her stepmother and step-daughter, Adri and Pearl, hate her, while her daughter Peony is the only one who likes Cinder. If she could, Andri would sign Cinder up in a heartbeat, but since Cinder is her only income as a working mechanic she can’t give her up. When Peony gets sick from the plague, Andri decides enough is enough and volunteers Cinder for plague research. This sets off a chain of events that changes Cinder's life for the better, and forces us to meet a host of new and diverse characters.
The main villain in this story is Queen Levana, the head of the Luna monarchy. You do not want to mess with her, and the entire time I either wanted to punch her or pray that the characters somehow do it for me. She will get your blood boiling, and she is very infuriating. In my book, that means Marissa wrote an amazing villain.
Although the villain of this series is fantastic, I loved Cinder’s personality as well as her character development throughout the novel. Cinder is snarky, independent, and goes through some great character development, and her being a cyborg was woven into the story, not just an asset for plot convince. Moreover, the romance between her and Prince Kai is completely perfect and slow building, which I love.
The plot, the settings, the word building… all of it was perfect, especially the futuristic world Marissa Meyer created, although I don’t want to give too much away. The entire series is wonderful, and you can tell how much work Marissa put into each one by how well though-out every plot line is.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”
“Any number of things were sure to go wrong—from tripping on the stairs and flashing the prince a sexy metal thing.”
“Soon, the whole world would be searching for her--Linh Cinder.
A deformed cyborg with a missing foot.
A Lunar with a stolen identity.
A mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go.
But they will be looking for a ghost.”
First off, the thing that makes this different from other Cinderella retellings is that Cinder is a cyborg. She lives in an almost sic-fi setting that is still fairly modern even though it has high technology, which I appreciated. It's nice to see that the society isn't too high-tec or uses terms that are hard to compute, because sometimes I feel that it makes the word building worse when they're trying to build up a story. Even though there was new settings, I though they were a nice touch to the society she lives in. For example, the main thing that I thought was cool is that Earth has an unstable peace with Luna, a colony on the moon.
Cinder is also the best mechanic in New Beijing, a city in the Eastern Commonwealth and one of the main settings for the series. In the Eastern Commonwealth, cyborgs are looked down upon, so much so that there’s a cyborg draft that uses them as plague testers for a cure in a deadly plague sweeping the country. Her stepmother and step-daughter, Adri and Pearl, hate her, while her daughter Peony is the only one who likes Cinder. If she could, Andri would sign Cinder up in a heartbeat, but since Cinder is her only income as a working mechanic she can’t give her up. When Peony gets sick from the plague, Andri decides enough is enough and volunteers Cinder for plague research. This sets off a chain of events that changes Cinder's life for the better, and forces us to meet a host of new and diverse characters.
The main villain in this story is Queen Levana, the head of the Luna monarchy. You do not want to mess with her, and the entire time I either wanted to punch her or pray that the characters somehow do it for me. She will get your blood boiling, and she is very infuriating. In my book, that means Marissa wrote an amazing villain.
Although the villain of this series is fantastic, I loved Cinder’s personality as well as her character development throughout the novel. Cinder is snarky, independent, and goes through some great character development, and her being a cyborg was woven into the story, not just an asset for plot convince. Moreover, the romance between her and Prince Kai is completely perfect and slow building, which I love.
The plot, the settings, the word building… all of it was perfect, especially the futuristic world Marissa Meyer created, although I don’t want to give too much away. The entire series is wonderful, and you can tell how much work Marissa put into each one by how well though-out every plot line is.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”
“Any number of things were sure to go wrong—from tripping on the stairs and flashing the prince a sexy metal thing.”
“Soon, the whole world would be searching for her--Linh Cinder.
A deformed cyborg with a missing foot.
A Lunar with a stolen identity.
A mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go.
But they will be looking for a ghost.”