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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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Sep 24, 2012 T.R. Graves rated it it was amazing

I'm embarrassed to say that I purposefully avoided Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) for a long while. I'm not a fan of the whole Cinderella story being told and retold. Mistake. Big mistake. Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) is so deep and so unique that there is barely any way to compare it to Cinderella... or any other book.

There is so much to love that I'm not sure where to begin. I think I will start with the fact that Marissa Meyer created a heroine who is physically impaired. Those very flaws are t ...more

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Jul 04, 2013 Emily rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: review, dystopian, young-adult, own, sci-fi, ya-romance

Having never read an alien book before this one, I was kind of apprehensive about reading this book because aliens don’t really appeal to me. There was a lot of hype surrounding this book so I decided to give it a go afterall and ended up really enjoying it. The writing was very good and engaging, an I loved how Meyer got right into the story. The setting was very unique and the world building was amazing. The idea for the society was very good and the explanation for the society was very well d Having never read an alien book before this one, I was kind of apprehensive about reading this book because aliens don’t really appeal to me. There was a lot of hype surrounding this book so I decided to give it a go afterall and ended up really enjoying it. The writing was very good and engaging, an I loved how Meyer got right into the story. The setting was very unique and the world building was amazing. The idea for the society was very good and the explanation for the society was very well done. I loved the humor at the beginning of the book and the staging and story line was very interesting. The ending was just wow wow wow crazy! Oh and just so you guys know, I TOTALLY GUESSED the big twist at like 100 pages in.
(view spoiler) I’m just so freaking smart ;P

I kind of had a love/hate relationship with the characters in this book. Cinder I really loved. Her spunk and attitude and drive and strength made her a really great main character. Kai...eh. He was kind of an okay character, and it was really adorable to watch him fall for Cinder when he didn’t even realize it was happening. But to be honest there was nothing amazing about him as the love interest.

Who on earth would have guessed that you could combine Cinderella, cyborgs, and aliens and make a cool book? Well obviously Marissa Meyer did, and it was a pretty good book, and definitely one of the best ideas I’ve seen for a story in a while. Can’t wait to read the sequel!!

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Feb 08, 2013 Emy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: z-bolton-college, 2013

ARGH, book 1 kinda ends but doesn't. I liked the setting and I thought it was a good story, although not an implicit retelling of Cinderella, rather an 'inspired by'. Nonetheless good and one I'd recommend to students. ...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Fera Flies Free rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favorites, uh-oh, favorites-to-start, standing-ovation, pure-enjoyable, hilarious, lovely-great-pleasures, read-in-english, thrilling, i-am-touched

OH MY GOD!!!
This book is so OUT OF MY EXPECTATION!!
Sorry for ever doubting you, Dear Cinder..

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Apr 02, 2012 Mariana Graça rated it really liked it

I don't know why i was afraid to like this book! ...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Samantha rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult

Cinder by Marissa Meyer was a delightfully creepy Cinderella rewrite. Seriously, where else can you read a rewrite that includes cyborgs, future plagues intermixed with lunar colonies and a divergent human species; that actually works for a pleasurable read. This book is a completely fun read and should be enjoyed by many.

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