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_ren's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, and Blood
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
jadeandherbunny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Slavery and War
modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Classism
Classic "evil stepmother abusive behavior" that you see in most fairy tales. Labeled the anti-cyborg sentiments as "classism" because I'm not sure what else to call it.parfait52's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War
lectricefeministe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
reddeddy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, and War
pugzilla999's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Bullying, Death, and Toxic relationship
maria_pell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Excrement
cadybooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Blood
kthedestroyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It's not that I don't like it because I really do (I mean, 4 stars is still a lot) but there is just something about it that I don't get as emersed as I should have.
It honestly might be the pacing. I feel like it's too fast and too slow at the same time. Everything happens so fast so you can't get to know the characters well enough but then again it seems like some scenes take forever.
Maybe it's something about the fact that Cinder's 16. Look, I have nothing against 16-year-olds but there's just no way that I wouldn't break under pressure 2 years ago if I was in her place. When I look at those kids now, I feel like it would be even worse.
I also think that Peony's death came too soon. I mean, she was in the book for like 50 pages and Meyer was just like: "Okay, time to die biatch." I feel like this is why I didn't really care about her death. Sure, Cinder's reaction was devastating but then again, we kinda forget about it right after that scene is finished.
I also miss my girl Iko for the majority of the book. Adri, I hate you for what you did. It's your fault that our fairy godmother is absent. You shall suffer (this is what we call foreshadowing).
It's getting a bit too negative in here, don't you think?
I thought so.
Okay, I know. The romance between Kai and Cinder is very convenient but I crave it. This whole book could have been just a back and forth conversation between them and I would love it. It's a sugar bomb and anyone who knows me would probably question if it was really me who wrote this review when I told them that this is the main reason why I like the book.
Sorry, I lied. It's not the romance... it's the SASS and Iko's hilarious comments.
Firstly, we have Cinder's sass which is not visible that often but when we get her snarky comments, my day instantly gets better.
Secondly, Iko is hilarious. I love her and her obsession with shoes and dresses and Prince Kai. I would love to see more of her in this book (I, again, blame Adri).
And of course, the star of the book... Prince Kai. That man is playing with his life. Levana is a ruthless queen who shows no mercy and this idiot of a man still shoots some very ironic or sarcastic comments even though she would probably want to cut his head off.
Pure gold.
Also... the ending is heartbreaking. I kinda want to kill Kai for the words he said to Cinder. The sass saved him this time but still. This is why I still prefer Thorne over Kai.
Marissa Meyer is most definitely one of my top 3 favorite authors but it shows that this is her first (I think) published book. Fortunately, it only gets better from here.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury