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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: September 1, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

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Why we're reading this: 10/22/22 nominated by Adriel
September 2014 Group Read
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September 2014 Group Read

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Jun 22, 2016 Laura rated it did not like it

Shelves: fairy-tales-retellings, cinderella, dnf, romance, young-adult

Ok, so I'm going to start with what I did like about this book. I loved the premise! I'm a huge fan of retellings (whether classic or fairy tale) and combining that with cyberpunk made for great potential!! Sadly, I never got to actually see it realized because this book holds a record for me: the fastest I have ever discontinued reading a book. I quit on the first page; in fact I actually quit after the first paragraph or two. The reason is this: no matter how great the premise may be, I couldn ...more

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Nov 14, 2015 Katie Bear rated it it was amazing

I started reading this book on 1st November 2015 I finished it today.
Earlier today I was on chapter 30 that was 2hours 51minutes ago.
This was a buddy read in the group I own.

This book was really good.I was shocked when I found read the ending. I did not enjoy the start but as I read on it got moreinteresting.

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Mar 24, 2017 Shelly Hammond rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Looks like I'm in the majority on this one. Although late to the game, I've finally picked the book off my shelf and found myself pulled right into the world of the Lunar Chronicles. Like most of the reviews before this one, high stars are deserved! I really enjoyed this book.

The way the world is described and how the politics are the way they are, and how it all got that way is extremely interesting. Being based on the classic tale of Cinderella, Cinder just takes that a little and rolls with i ...more

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Mar 03, 2016 Gem rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, z-2016-read, favorites, young-adult, dystopia

This book is a retelling of Cinderella set in the future. For the most part the characters and elements of the story we know and love are included, those that are not are not missed. In addition to Cinder, the Prince, the Stepmother and two Stepsisters, there are androids and cyborgs, hover craft, prejudice, a plague, the threat of an unwinnable war, and an Evil queen and her court. While Cinder remain the downtrodden and overworked protagonist, she has a new role in this retelling... the heroin ...more

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