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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: March 23, 2012

Finish date: March 31, 2012

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Mar 04, 2014 Ronyell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: disabilities, science-fiction-futuristic-romance, sexy-good-girl-heroine, strong-heroine, best-of-2014, fairy-tale-romance, steampunk, recommended-books-from-friends, chinese-books, read-in-2014

5.5 stars!!!

I have read many different interpretations of my favorite fairy tales over the years, but there is one type of fairy tale retelling that I had never stumbled upon before: STEAMPUNK CINDERELLA! It seriously is better than it sounds as Marissa Meyer has created one awesome retelling of “Cinderella” in the form of “Cinder!”

In the city of New Beijing, Cinder is a sixteen year old girl who happens to be a cyborg and she lives with her cruel stepmother Adri along with her two stepsist ...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Trisha rated it liked it

I really wanted to love this story. Cinder was interesting to read about and her cyborg additions were just fascinating to hear about (I did both audio and book for this one). The world was so immersing (the plague, the holograms, the old vs new cyborg, even the "car" find at the dump, "New Beijing"...all of it was just fun to explore!!)

but, at the heart of it, it was just a retelling of a fairy tale we already know. Had these characters had the ability to jump OUT of their programmed role and b ...more

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Nov 11, 2017 Lesa Divine rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Just a okay retelling of Cinderella with a bit of science fiction mixed in. I didn't really get into the world. There was very little to it. I guess more character driven then anything. More in Cinder head. I say if you know Cinderella story you'll likely to pick up where this is going. Ending does got me wanting to know more. 3.5 ...more

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