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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: August 1, 2012

Finish date: August 31, 2012

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Nov 21, 2015 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: teen-young-adult, sci-fi-fantasy, romance, dystopian, 2015

Wow... that was good. I don't think I have read a book of this length this fast since the last Hunger Games book.

I already ordered the next two, but they will not be here until tomorrow.. what am I supposed to do until then?! I must find out what happens now! ...more

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Jul 22, 2014 Jasmine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, scifi-challenge, sci-fi, ya

Linh Cinder is a technology repair 'mechanic' in New Beijing, one of a handful of nations remaining after wars ravaged Earth.

A traditional story based on the Cinderella folk tale set in a land of cybernetics, robots, hover crafts, and an inhabited moon. While futuristic technology abounds, New Beijing is a land of tradition governed by an emperor, holding the cultural traits of the conglomeration of Asian countries that form the Commonwealth. Earth has undergone population loss not only from th ...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Kim DeCina rated it really liked it

I absolutely loved this book. It had a combination of unique worldbuilding, interesting and diverse characters, and a great plot (I'm a sucker for fairytale retellings, but this does it even better than most.) I was having trouble sleeping the night before I completed it so I wound up tearing through the last 8 chapters until the wee hours of the morning, because the finale was so good at keeping me riveted that I had no idea what was coming next. My one complaint, keeping it at 4 stars instead ...more

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Mar 28, 2017 Jessie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this book! It was both comfortingly familiar and surprisingly new. Cinder is a great character and I can't wait to find out what happens next. My only complaint is that I don't have the second book readily available right now! ...more

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