A review by captainoliimar
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Unfortunately, I think this book heavily suffers from a shift in perspective post-COVID-19 pandemic. The main character 

skips quarantine for an increadibly grusome and deadly pandemic in which the government was burning down whole buildings where a case had been discovered.

That just really soured my feelings towards the main character, and my feelings towards her just never really recovered.

I also struggle to understand why this is marketed as a cinderella retelling, like I get that calling it a cinderella retelling would make it more marketable, but this story doesn't make sense to me as a cinderella story. 

Like yes it has a lot of the main parts of the cinderella story, the evil stepmother/stepsisters, cinderella being treated as a maid, her going to the ball, her falling in love with the prince, the prince not knowing about her true identity. But it strays from the plot a lot as well, she meets the prince long before the ball, and she doesn't lose her shoe.

It just felt to me that adding the cinderella elements made the plot far more complicated than it needed to be, as it was already rather complicated as a cyborg/mystery plague/

people from the moon

story.

I don't think I will continue with this series, especially with the number of books there are.

Characters: 4/10
Atmosphere: 7/10
Writing: 4/10
Plot: 4/10
Intrigue: 3/10
Logic: 6/10
Enjoyment: 3/10