Mini Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

 

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.

Honestly, I think a 2 star rating is being generous. There were multiple times where I thought about DNFing this, I forced myself on though because if there’s something I hate it’s buying a book and not finishing it no matter how terrible. I can tell you right now this is going to be a short, quick review.

“Cinder” is ultimately way too predictable and NOT because everyone already knows the story of Cinderella. There are new elements added obviously to make this re-telling unique, but as mentioned, you can see the “plot twist” coming a mile away. I didn’t really find any of the characters too be all that likeable either, just sort of annoying. I had to truck on through the story and found myself taking repeated breaks and forcing myself to stay awake.

I said to myself, “Come on, Heather. Once you finish it you can actually move onto something worthy of a reader’s time.”

I unfortunately will be reading “Scarlet” since I bought that before actually starting and finishing “Cinder” , I will be hoping that it proves to be a little more interesting then.

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