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I love adaptations and retellings of classic works, so I was intrigued from the moment I read the hook: cyborg Cinderella. The worldbuilding here is fascinating: a futuristic Eastern Commonwealth layered with Chinese and Japanese influences, ruled by an emperor dying of the plague and a handsome prince, and a dangerous Lunar kingdom that relies heavily on mind-magic, ruled by a ruthless glamoured queen. The queen is genuinely spooky, one of the best villains I’ve read lately—and Cinder’s heartle
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This is the kind of book that you will be torn as whether you want to throw it against the wall or turn down the lights while hugging it and crying gently into your pillow after you finish it (wait, is that just me?).
Why I wanted to throw it against the wall: First, I am sorry that I waited so long to read this book. Second, Ms. Meyer, do you think it's really fair to us readers to write a fantastic book and then make us wait another year until the next book??? No, it's not fair. To make matter ...more
Why I wanted to throw it against the wall: First, I am sorry that I waited so long to read this book. Second, Ms. Meyer, do you think it's really fair to us readers to write a fantastic book and then make us wait another year until the next book??? No, it's not fair. To make matter ...more
3.5 stars. Clever re-imagining of the Cinderella fairy tale set in a future where cyborgs (humans partially reconstructed with machine parts) are second class citizens. The lead character Cinder is a cyborg mechanic with a realistically evil stepmother (her nastiness is based on prejudices against cyborgs, which is well-done). There's also a plague killing off people and a sinister, powerful enemy in the form of the inhabitants on the moon. The plot is a page-turner and I finished the book on a
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A clever re-imagining of Cinderella, with a great heroine and interesting backstory.
Meyer does a great job in creating the New Beijing, which had to be rebuilt after World War IV. Cinder is a part-cyborg mechanic who is happy repairing equipment and spending time with her robot. When Prince Kai comes into her shop desperate to fix his own robot, it spurs an adventure and helps Cinder discover her true identity.
I particularly liked the ball scene, where Cinder arrives quite differently than the f ...more
Meyer does a great job in creating the New Beijing, which had to be rebuilt after World War IV. Cinder is a part-cyborg mechanic who is happy repairing equipment and spending time with her robot. When Prince Kai comes into her shop desperate to fix his own robot, it spurs an adventure and helps Cinder discover her true identity.
I particularly liked the ball scene, where Cinder arrives quite differently than the f ...more
Cinder is a cyborg mechanic in New Beijing (the city built on top of the old Beijing after WWIV). She is both a mechanic that works on cyborgs and is a cyborg herself. Cyborgs are humans who were badly injured, so they had to be augmented with robot parts. They are considered second-class citizens.
Adri, Cinder's guardian, blames her for the death of her husband, the man who brought Cinder to their family and adopted her. Adri resents her and exploits her, making her the sole breadwinner.
The Eas ...more
Adri, Cinder's guardian, blames her for the death of her husband, the man who brought Cinder to their family and adopted her. Adri resents her and exploits her, making her the sole breadwinner.
The Eas ...more
So I tried. I mean I really tried to get into this book, but I just couldn't get past the first hundred pages. For whatever reason, I just couldn't make that connection with any of the characters in the story. Generally I'm a pretty big science fiction fan, but maybe not the biggest sci-fi reader. This sounded like it would be really cool, but just couldn't get into the story or the world Meyer created.
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So, science fictional retellings of fairy tales are, in general, Things I Like.
But I resisted this one because it was SO heavily promoted when it came out. Then lots of actual people that I know read it and said it was good, so I decided I'd read it already. Sure enough, I enjoyed it thoroughly and tore into the next volume, Scarlet, pretty quickly afterwards.
I kind of stalled out in the middle of Cress (book 3), and then I just decided to wait until the series was finished. So, I will probabl ...more
But I resisted this one because it was SO heavily promoted when it came out. Then lots of actual people that I know read it and said it was good, so I decided I'd read it already. Sure enough, I enjoyed it thoroughly and tore into the next volume, Scarlet, pretty quickly afterwards.
I kind of stalled out in the middle of Cress (book 3), and then I just decided to wait until the series was finished. So, I will probabl ...more
surprisingly satisfying, if you keep in mind is the first of a trilogy...
four-star premise, 3-star writing, but I'll forgive a bit as it's a first book. Will definitely be seeking out the next three.
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Any failure in this reading experience is due to the reader, rather than the book itself.
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