Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) in ♥Calling All Fangirls♥

Jun 04, 2012 Angela Blount rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, ya, cliffhanger-letdown, goddaughter-approved-picks

3.5 Stars (I think...)

This one was hard to make up my mind about. There were things I loved, and things that made me want to throw the book out a window. It made for an oddly manic experience.

Firstly, I want to (hopefully) save some readers the confusion and label this book as Syfy-Fantasy-Lite , with a feel on the middle-grade end of the YA spectrum. If I'd looked at it this way up front, I'm sure I would have been in a better mindset to enjoy the read rather than getting hung up on the many ...more

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Jan 05, 2012 Varsha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favourite, i-own, amazing-cliffhangers, lovable-lead-character, memorable-reads, characters-i-wanna-bitch-slap, read-in-2014, characters-i-love-dearly, 2014-favorites, fantasy

Reread: 27/10/15
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Actual rating: 4.5

Now I know what the fuss is about because this book is fantastic.

I know I'm late to join the world of cyborgs, lunars and androids but I'm glad I got here at last. The world that Marissa Meyer has created is fascinating and I loved how she described everything, without info dumping. I'm excited to see where this story goes and the reason for me not giving it 5 stars was because I found certain things predictable.
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Jan 08, 2012 Erika rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, reviewed, four-stars, pov-female, not-what-i-was-expecting, recommended-to-me, book-boyfriends, retellings, dystopian, fantasy

I have a feeling that there's going to be many more fairy tale retellings in my future…

Cinder is a modern retelling of Cinderella. I grew up on Disney and I still remember watching this when I was little. Actually I think I'm going to go watch it in a little bit just because I loved Cinder so much.

Going into this book I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I just expected it to be good because I’d heard so many good things about it. I’m so glad I read it! The characters, the story, and the writing I have a feeling that there's going to be many more fairy tale retellings in my future…

Cinder is a modern retelling of Cinderella. I grew up on Disney and I still remember watching this when I was little. Actually I think I'm going to go watch it in a little bit just because I loved Cinder so much.

Going into this book I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I just expected it to be good because I’d heard so many good things about it. I’m so glad I read it! The characters, the story, and the writing were all amazing. The book only lost points when I predicted the end on page 44. In fact I found the book very predictable. It made the ending less of a surprise for me but overall the book was really good.

Cinder was a great character. She wasn’t weak and boring like ~~Luce and Beth~~ some other characters I’ve read about. She was interesting and funny and cyborg. I’m pretty sure this is the first book I’ve read about a cyborg and I have to say that Cinder was simply a great character. She was also a mechanic. How many people have read a book (other than this one) about a cyborg mechanic? Anyone? Well I haven’t.

The other characters in the book were perfect too. The evil Lunar queen, stepmother, and stepsister made the book that much more enjoyable. Just so you know I tend to like the villains in the book and I definitely liked the villains in the book. They were just such great villains that I just had to like them but I also hated them at the same time because well they were the villains. I also loved Iko and Peony (she was Cinder’s other stepsister). They were Cinder’s only friends and what happened to Peony broke my heart.

So the story was great but very predictable. I’d be able to predict something way before it happened. It sort of ruined the story for me because I wasn’t as surprised as I would have been if I hadn’t been able to guess what would happen. I absolutely loved Prince Kai and Cinder’s relationship with him. It was cute and Kai was just plain awesome. That last part of the book was intense but I don’t want to ruin it so I’m not going to say anymore.

So if you’re not sure if you should read this then just ask yourself the following questions:
Did/do you like Cinderella?
Do you want to read about a cyborg mechanic?
If you answered yes to those questions then I suggest you go pick up this book and read it!
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Dec 05, 2012 Matea C rated it really liked it

OMG, loved this book! It's like... modern Cinderella! But I want happy ending! ...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Vahhaba rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, best-series-ever

Cinder is a Gifted mechanic who also happens to be a cyborg. She lives in the distant future in New Beijing. When her life becomes interwined with Price Kai, she uncovers secrets from her past. Secrets that changes her.
When i first got this book i didn't think i'd like it because i thought that this was going to be just another retelling of Cinderella. But it's nothing like it. It does follow a similiar pattern but the plot is totally different in a totally cool way. And Cinder, where do i begi ...more

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