Review:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Format (That I Read It):
Book
Summary:
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.
Initial Thoughts:
I bought this book the same time I bought Shatter Me. I thought since everyone was talking about the final book Winter I would give Cinder a try and hope it would live up to all the hype the series has gotten.Review:
★★★★
For the most part, it lived up to all the hype. I really, really enjoyed it! I love Disney retellings even though I haven't read that many but I do watch Once Upon A Time (fantastic show if you haven't seen it and like this series, I would HIGHLY recommend!) Somethings I quite enjoyed were: Cinder and how she was a freaking Cyborg! How cool of a retelling! Out of all the ideas and retellings, you could do Marissa Meyer choose to make classic Cinderella part robot! It's so unusual, I've never seen it done before which in of itself is a miracle because there are a lot of books out there. Another thing that was great (actually my favorite thing) is Iko. She was so freaking adorable!! All she wanted to do was get dressed up and dance with the prince at the ball. I really hope we end up seeing more of her. I guess the next thing to be addressed would be the things I didn't like. While I really loved almost everything about the novel. One thing about this book is when I finished it, I did really want the next one but, there wasn't anything super spectacular about the book to make it five stars. I didn't feel that I needed to give it five stars. I predicted all the big reveals but I'm still satisfied with the book. I can't wait for me to read the next book considering it's Little Red Riding Hood and I've never read a retelling of that. It should be quite interesting. I wonder if it will have aspects of Beauty and the Beast? Only on way to find out.
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For the most part, it lived up to all the hype. I really, really enjoyed it! I love Disney retellings even though I haven't read that many but I do watch Once Upon A Time (fantastic show if you haven't seen it and like this series, I would HIGHLY recommend!) Somethings I quite enjoyed were: Cinder and how she was a freaking Cyborg! How cool of a retelling! Out of all the ideas and retellings, you could do Marissa Meyer choose to make classic Cinderella part robot! It's so unusual, I've never seen it done before which in of itself is a miracle because there are a lot of books out there. Another thing that was great (actually my favorite thing) is Iko. She was so freaking adorable!! All she wanted to do was get dressed up and dance with the prince at the ball. I really hope we end up seeing more of her. I guess the next thing to be addressed would be the things I didn't like. While I really loved almost everything about the novel. One thing about this book is when I finished it, I did really want the next one but, there wasn't anything super spectacular about the book to make it five stars. I didn't feel that I needed to give it five stars. I predicted all the big reveals but I'm still satisfied with the book. I can't wait for me to read the next book considering it's Little Red Riding Hood and I've never read a retelling of that. It should be quite interesting. I wonder if it will have aspects of Beauty and the Beast? Only on way to find out.
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