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A review by hckilgour
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
So as a companion book to the Lunar Chronicles, this is well done. For the most part.
The “origin” stories of Cinder, Wolf, and Cress were well done and provided information and insight on the characters. However, the ones for Winter and Kai were not nearly as well done or necessary.
Kai’s was literally just the opening of Cinder from his perspective. No new information was gained. No new storyline was introduced. It was just there.
Winter’s I feel like just wasn’t needed, except for the part about how she got her scars. The expansion of how Park abused the servant and how Jacin helped her through the hallucinations… we got all that from her book.
And then there was the android’s perspective. It didn’t relate to anything and it mostly just… was there. It was cool so see how androids became more human, but still.
The last story, which acted as more of an epilogue to the whole series was greatly needed. It put a nice little bow on everything and ensured they all got their happy endings.
The “origin” stories of Cinder, Wolf, and Cress were well done and provided information and insight on the characters. However, the ones for Winter and Kai were not nearly as well done or necessary.
Kai’s was literally just the opening of Cinder from his perspective. No new information was gained. No new storyline was introduced. It was just there.
Winter’s I feel like just wasn’t needed, except for the part about how she got her scars. The expansion of how Park abused the servant and how Jacin helped her through the hallucinations… we got all that from her book.
And then there was the android’s perspective. It didn’t relate to anything and it mostly just… was there. It was cool so see how androids became more human, but still.
The last story, which acted as more of an epilogue to the whole series was greatly needed. It put a nice little bow on everything and ensured they all got their happy endings.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault