Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

55 reviews

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Body horror, Gaslighting, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, War, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Colonisation, Deportation, Child abuse, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Hate crime, Alcohol, and Infertility

crunchycrystals's review

adventurous

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Ableism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death

sa_er's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Pretty good retelling, although predictable. A good light hearted read. Looking forward to what's next.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Slavery and Child abuse

coryyalva's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This was a beautiful retelling of the story of Cinderella in a magical world that is a beautiful mix of our modern world and a futuristic world foreign to us.

If it wasn't for the fact that I predicted the ending of the book at page 100 (this is a 400 page book, by the way) then I would have EASY given it 4 stars, if not 4.5, but there was no sense of surprise for me.

Nonetheless, I do recommend everyone go read it!!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Classism

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: War

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I enjoyed it and I’m excited to read the next book Scarlett. It is very predictable and I was able to guess what should’ve been a twist ending but I enjoy those types of books, it take out a lot of anxiety lol. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Genocide, Medical content, Car accident, Confinement, Medical trauma, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: War

Spoiler

Sibling Death

mia_123's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

i thought it was a really cute story.

Spoiler

i thought that peony’s death was sort of overlooked a little and yes ik cinder cant cry but she didn’t mourn as much as i was expecting

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Child death

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Just as fun this time around as I remember it being! I was pretty impressed that this held up after almost 10 years. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, War, and Blood

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Cinderella is a cyborg, the prince and his palace are in New Beijing, the wicked stepmother is outdone by a vicious queen from outer space, and a plague adds to all the peril, but the adventure, romance,and heroism are as epic and enchanting as ever in this sci-fi young adult retelling of the classic fairy tale. I look forward to continuing the series, meeting more fairy tale heroines in new forms, and exploring more of Cinder’s universe!

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Deportation, War, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Terminal illness, Classism, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Xenophobia

brooketreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really liked this story. However, I found it lacking. We don’t get any history on the characters or the world. I enjoyed the cyborg Cinderella angle. I also liked Prince Kai. They still felt a little flat for me though. I just needed more.

Spoiler

As soon as it was mentioned they were looking for a Lunar princess it was obvious to me that it was Cinder.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

abbypeekreads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I can already tell that The Lunar Chronicles is going to become my next YA fantasy obsession. I had a few reservations going into this one--it's an older title, so I wondered if it would still hold up today, and I wasn't sure if the sci-fi elements would be for me. But this series gets so much love, so I wanted to check it out for myself. And I'm so glad I did, because I absolutely loved this book! 

The writing was excellent, the twist on a classic fairytale was so clever, and the characters were super unique and engaging. The high stakes of the premise were very engaging as well--I love political intrigue in a novel, so the tense circumstances surrounding the Lunars and Earth kept me hooked into the story. That mixed with the mystery surrounding Cinder's past meant that I really couldn't put the book down. I can't wait to continue the series and see what twists on more classic fairytales Meyers has in store!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Gun violence