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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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Nov 11, 2015 The Lit Bitch rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars

This book was very very unique. It’s a Cinderella retelling with androids, cyborgs, and other great sci-fi hints. When I first heard about this book I was equally intrigued and skeptical about how this would turn out. Overall I thought the sci-fi effects were brilliant and made the book truly unique. I can see why so many people love it because of it’s uniqueness.

That said, I wasn’t as sucked in as I had expected to be. First of all the romance aspect was weak……I guess the norm in YA l ...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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Jul 27, 2012 Aparajitabasu rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, romance, young-adult, sci-fi, steampunk, fairy-tale, utopia-vs-dystopia

A fairy tale re-imaging of Cinderella....marvelous...carry on folks as I present before you all my views on Lunar Chronicles #1 Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

Here is the summary of the book:

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a myster A fairy tale re-imaging of Cinderella....marvelous...carry on folks as I present before you all my views on Lunar Chronicles #1 Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

Here is the summary of the book:

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

Its back to basics these days it seems. Fairy tale re-imaging is in rage. Some failed to deliver and some did...spectacularly at that. Lunar Chronicles is definitely going on my spectacular list and I actually finished it in 25 hours.....nice. But being on that list, it will be a difficult review for me to write because it was that good......hope I can get my feelings in right....

A futuristic-dystopic re-telling of Cinderella, this is the story of Linh Cinder, the gifted and best mechanic of New Beijing. Residing in Eastern Commenwealth, Cinder like in the fairy tale works for her stepmother and two step sisters day and night and hearing their taunts. All the while keeping her cyborg deformity a secret from the world. But all this starts to fall apart when Prince Kai visits her booth to get an old android fixed, he says it is not important but of sentimental value but Cinder catches the lie and somehow along the way her sister catches the plague, she is thrust into a dangerous world of political diorama, of deceit, of treachery, and schemes...also love. Only she can rise above the ashes and defeat the enemies from the past.

First book on the Lunar Chronicles, this is Cinder's story and I oh so loved her for it. Cinder while a cyborg was a pleasure to read about. She is very strong and very resourceful (cue the fact that she is a cyborg), she is also very cares for her step sister Peony, her only friend a lot and would move both heaven and hell to help her. But she is also very insecure, of her cyborg parts to save herself of the possible heartbreak.

Then there is Prince Kai, he is a lovable person, he has all the characteristics of a sovereign and deeply cares for the welfare of his people. His innocent rapport and mindless flirting with Cinder, and the growing attraction was definitely very sweet. Then these are there the Lunars, the Lunar Queen to be exact, scheming, deceptive and vain, she made the perfect villain for this tale. Cinder and Prince Kai truly redefined Cinderella's story for me.

Marissa Meyer in her debut novel put forth a spectacular and a genius re-imaging of Cinderella. The sci-fi futuristic element really brought wonder to this. There is Cinderella, there is the Prince, the step mother and two step sisters, the pumpkin carriage and even the lost shoe on the staircase, all geniously engineered into the story making something as old as the tale complete new and her own. As we read through, we completely become one with Cinder's predicament, her insecurities about her cyborg parts, her insecurities about her feelings for the prince and the tussle within herself about whether or not to let the Prince in or not. Truly a marvelous job by the author.

"Another re-imagination, a spectacular one too - a story you'll be a fool to miss out on, that I can guarantee"

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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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