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Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: March 14, 2016

Finish date: March 14, 2016

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Jun 07, 2014 Sami rated it really liked it

(Ahem, fair warning. This is less a carefully constructed review and more a mishmash of all my thoughts)

A really good book! Great characterization. I nearly tore my hair out at the end when I realized it wasn't a trilogy - that I had stayed up till 3am (I had to be somewhere at 8:30am) just to get three quarters of the way through.

As with Scarlet, I absolutely love the diversity of Meyer's female characters. Frankly, (view spoiler) (Ahem, fair warning. This is less a carefully constructed review and more a mishmash of all my thoughts)

A really good book! Great characterization. I nearly tore my hair out at the end when I realized it wasn't a trilogy - that I had stayed up till 3am (I had to be somewhere at 8:30am) just to get three quarters of the way through.

As with Scarlet, I absolutely love the diversity of Meyer's female characters. Frankly, (view spoiler)

And of course, as with anyone else who's read this book, I love Thorne. Even in the midst of battle or when he's about to die, he has something witty to say.

The (view spoiler) felt a little rushed and like it came out of nowhere - as if Meyer had set herself a set number of pages for this book and suddenly realized she hadn't added that particular plot point in yet.

And Winter!!! Gosh Winter - she sounds like the most awesome character so far. To stick to your morals and integrity to the point where it is literally driving you insane is just.. it's amazing. And I'm sure she has a really great plot with Jacin in the next book - though I don't think he deserves her even the tiniest bit, the negative little shit. And while Scarlet is a teensy bit out of character in being cruel to Winter, I'm sure it was necessary and will probably be a big plot point in the next book. The little glimpse into the palace, the menagerie, the court, just LUNAA - I'm. I almost imagine her insanity to sound like Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer... the sing song voice and pale beauty and whatnot. I love that she's beautiful without a glamour and long to see what the 'blind, selfish' husband of Levana's was really like.

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Jun 21, 2013 Olivia ツ rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, books-i-love, hardcover, buddy-read, read-in-2014

4 stars and a tad more... maybe 4.5

This was action packed and stressful. Our reluctant heroes faced drawback after drawback and at times it got frustrating for me. I really wanted something happy and nice to happen to them. Was disappointed that there was zero romance in this. I think that would have helped lighten up the mood some. Marissa Meyer has done such a interesting job of twisting the fairytales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and now Rapunzel into a fantasy/sci-fi modern world.

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Aug 09, 2018 Alyssa Campbell rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2018

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My favorite of the series so far!!! If it was solely focused on Cress and Thorne, it would probably have been 5 stars for me, but I had a few problems with the other characters & plot.

Rapunzel is one of my favorite fairy tales (especially since Tangled was magnificent), and that's probably half the reason why I was so excited about this one. I love that Cress was locked on a satellite and she's a hacker, super inventive way of doing the re-telling. I also love ...more

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Oct 15, 2024 Kai rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, fairy-tale, audio-books, read-2024

I loved this book about Cress more than the book Cinder. It is about Cress who is trying to escape to earth out of her satellite prison. I enjoyed reading about her and Captail Thorne as they tried to survive after crashing to Earth. I loved following their journey and started to develop feelings for each other. The story doesn't just follow Thorne and Cinder, but also the rest of the crew of the ship. It is a great stroy that I struggled to put down as wanted to know what would happen next. Xxx ...more

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Jun 10, 2013 Rebecca rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya-coming-of-age

I loved this book! Poor Cress was so lonely and then the Captain came along! All of the good guys were together for awhile and then they weren't! What's going on with Scarlet? Wolf? The Queen? How about the Prince? Read the book and find out it's TERRIFIC!!!!!! ...more

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