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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: April 1, 2012

Finish date: May 1, 2012

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Jan 05, 2012 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle-books

I know what you are thinking, trust me I do. About darn freaking time you read this. Right? Right?

I absolutely love getting book recommendations from my fellow bloggers because they almost always end up being 4 or 5 star reviews for me and I am happy to report that Cinder fit right in with those 4 or 5 star reads.

I devoured this. I consumed it in one sitting and just couldn't get enough of it. In fact, I went online and read all of the prequels that were posted on Wattpad because of my love for ...more

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Mar 02, 2012 Nasty Lady MJ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: soap-opera, awesome, complete-awesome, ballgowns, books-that-surprise-me, aliens, recomended-to-me, futuristic, dystopia, authors-to-watch

Rating is staying the same. Though I'm done fangirling now. There are definite faults that I didn't see before, but it's still going to keep it's five star rating. I think what stuck out to me this time around was how superficial the Kai Cinder relationship felt in this installment and I ship them a lot. A brief recap about the reread in my post about the Lunar Chronicles to come closer to Winter's release.

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OMG.

Finally. Fucking finally.

This book.

It's amazing.

I have no ...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Jude rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, seasons-spring-books

Re-tellings. I don't usually like them. Why? Because as I've experienced with different books (also movies) sometimes authors want to make sure their story really follows the original, and they end up messing it up; making it feel too forceful, losing that natural flow and sometimes making them plain ridiculous. That is part of the reason why I didn't want to read Cinder. I remember when it just came out and it was on Netgalley, I just thought 'NO, I'm not reading that, I mean, Cyborg Cinderella ...more

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May 05, 2012 Saturnus rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-ve-read-in-swedish, svenska-swedish, in-a-serie, beautiful-covers, paranormal, dystopia-a-tastic, books-that-exist-in-sweden

Det var en gång.....
Nej, riktigt så var det inte. I alla fall inte för cyborgen Cinder, en mekaniker som bor i nya Bejing med sin elaka styvmor och styvsyster. Att Cinder är cyborg, alltså hälften människa hälften robot, gör inte att hon är så accepterad bland Bejings invånare. Men mitt i allt elände där Cinder planerar att ta med sin robotvän Iko och fly från hennes styvmor, står prinsen i hens mekanikgarage och ber om hjälp.
Så vad gör inte en snäll liten flicka/robot för att hjälp prinsen med ...more

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Nov 10, 2011 Janus the Erudite Artist rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2012-dac, netgalley-edelweiss, owned-hardcover

You know that feeling when you see a book’s cover art and find it sooo appealing that you just had to know what it’s about? Or sometimes, you just grab it off a bookstore’s shelf and buy it without knowing what it’s about? Well I didn’t feel that way with Cinder. I wasn’t completely sold on the cover; I’m not saying it’s awful, I just don’t find it extremely striking or attention grabbing. Then I read the title, and I tell myself, “Cinder? Hmmm… Looks like a retelling of Cinderella… with some so ...more

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Jan 21, 2012 📖 Yazzie 📚 rated it really liked it

4.5 stars
This book was much better than I originally believed! Not much of a retellings of Cinderella, but I enjoyed the story.

Cinder is a mechanic. Of course not your average one. Because she s a cyborg. Half robot Half human. After her father died shortly after adopting her, her life only got worse. Stuck with a wicked step-mother and a bitchy step sister, and a sweeter step sister, she becomes the most famous mechanic in new Beijing, not everyone knows she's a cyborg though. The day changes w 4.5 stars
This book was much better than I originally believed! Not much of a retellings of Cinderella, but I enjoyed the story.

Cinder is a mechanic. Of course not your average one. Because she s a cyborg. Half robot Half human. After her father died shortly after adopting her, her life only got worse. Stuck with a wicked step-mother and a bitchy step sister, and a sweeter step sister, she becomes the most famous mechanic in new Beijing, not everyone knows she's a cyborg though. The day changes when the prince walks into her little messy shop. With an android that needs fixing but cannot have its memory erased, and the prince won't accept buying a new one, cinder does as she's told and promises to have the robot back ASAP. Soon after the prince leaves a breakout of the infamous disease leaves the market, we're cinder works, in chaos. She sneaks away from the chaos before the disinfectant teams can cause hassle to her and her helper Iko. returning home to a moody family, wondering what took her so long to get back home from the market, she leaves to go to the junk yard to find scrap, to fix her step mothers car, when her sweet little sister joins them and starts looking though piles of junk, something go terribly wrong.

This book was really surprising, it kept me guessing throughout the whole book, which, I like to think, is hard to do. The author played the parts really well, and besides taking a while to get into the story, it was really mind-blowing. I thought this would be a book about a damsel and the prince coming to save her but it not. It's also not much of a retellings of Cinderella, I thought it was going to be more like the disney movie, but with a robot or something but I was wrong and glad about it. I was also surprised but how awesome cinder was, I she shared some similar traits with Cinderella, like cinder had guts, and she didn't whine about how her life was falling apart, I actually think that was the best this about this book. And truth be told I wouldn't blame her for whining, she's got a pretty crappy life, but she's strong, and I really liked that about her.
And kai, what a babe. I like how the author had them both save each other, not just boy saves girl. I also liked that he was cute and funny and believable as a character, yes he's extremely good looking but it's like he doesn't know it and he's such a gentlemen, so bloody cute.
But seriously this book was awesome, and I think if anyone has spare time the should get into this book, I don't believe you'll regret it. ...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Vicki (The Wolf's Den) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi, girl-power, young-adult, bipoc, the-wolfs-den-reviewed, romance, book-group

While technically I read this as part of the Chez Apocalypse book club, I can also 'blame' my purchase of it on Emi of Oktopus Ink for her review of the third book, Cress. But that's more than enough name-drops and links for one intro, what about the book itself? Well, with a cover like that, you can bet seeing this on shelves definitely piqued my interest. Add in the mash-up element of Cyborgs and Cinderella, and I was more than ready to be whisked away into a weird and wonderful SciFi Fairytal ...more

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Dec 28, 2011 Kat (idangerous) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, ya-supernatural, magic-based, paranormal, sy-fy, books-to-buy, marissa-meyer, book-club, read-in-2012, reading-challenge-2012

Story started out really good! Cinder is a cyborg (part human and part machine) she is one of the few that are "immune" to this disease that is beginning to spread like wildfire through the Commonwealth.(view spoiler) ...more

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Nov 27, 2011 Anna rated it really liked it

First, I would like to thanks Goodreads for giving me an advanced copy of Cinder! This in no way influenced my opinion of the book.

I really enjoyed it! It was an interesting experience to read from the point of view of a cyborg. When she got to angry or excited her "brain" would tell her to cool down or take deep breaths and I thought that was a cool aspect of the story. There wasn't as much romance as I thought there would be, but the plot was so good it didn't really matter. The plot was not a ...more

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