Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Feb 05, 2014 Lindsey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2014-reads

I'd heard about this book but didn't even think about reading it until I kept seeing tweets on Twitter about how good it was. Honestly, cyborgs and androids aren't usually my cup of tea, but when Amazon had it on sale, I decided to finally give it a chance. I'm so glad I did. I was completely blown away by Cinder. This retelling of the popular fairy tale was incredible. The characters were unique and fresh, and the story had just enough twists to keep me interested. I had a feeling where the boo ...more

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Dec 07, 2012 Christina rated it really liked it

Shelves: fairy-tales, sci-fi

Another YA fantasy I can rate as "yup, pretty good." And it was pretty good. I enjoyed our heroine and her world and it was a quick, easy read (I think it took me three hours).
I hope that, like Charles Dickens and John Harmon in "Our Mutual Friend," this author was not trying to hide the SUPER BIG IMPORTANT REVELATION. I figured it out the moment Princess Selene was mentioned, and I cannot be alone on that. I really can't. I was hoping the big reveal would come earlier in the book so we could s ...more

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Dec 23, 2016 Jaime rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2016, ya-science-fiction

Cinder is a retelling of Cinderella set in a future dystopian backdrop. What particularly make it stand out is that the Cinder of this story is not a young girl, but a cyborg in a world that doesn’t see cyborgs as equal to humans. I really enjoyed the story, and it sucked me in from the start.

The nice thing about this retelling is it hits all the beats of the original without being a point-by-point copy. The inspiration is obvious — there’s a charming prince, and an evil stepmother, and even a p ...more

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Mar 29, 2013 Julie rated it liked it

Shelves: teen, dystopian, fantasy-scifi, teen-book-group

3 1/2 stars I guess. The beginning kind of dragged for me and it seemed to take the main characters awhile to meet up. Story moved along better towards the middle and end, but the twist was pretty obvious.

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Jun 17, 2016 Ana rated it liked it

Shelves: 2016, library, 2016-june

I had a bit of trouble fully getting into this. I didn't like how helpless she was, I guess. Though, I think it would be kind of cool to see it as an anime. ...more

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Sep 05, 2012 steen rated it it was amazing

Keeping in mind the intended audience, I really liked Cinder. The revamping of a classic story is well done and sets an interesting scene for the series; I do hope we get to "see" a bit more of New Beijing but the futuristic world was pretty well integrated, gradually folding in tidbits and information to fill out the Lunar Chronicles universe. Yes, the plot twist is easily guessed but that didn't detract from the novel. (Also, let's keep in mind this is based on a fairy tale so you know Cinder ...more

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