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Cinder by Marissa Meyer

45 reviews

inkysplodge's review

tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and War

ashcxl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Blood

It's a modern Cinderella retelling, and part of the plot is that there's a major pandemic going on.

The main character's sister dies of this illness.

christinastuart26's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: War

ashen_burn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Violence and War

anyways's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? N/A

4.75

Loooooove this one! I did read some years ago but it was a great read! I love the main characters and the world building is amazing. Sci-fi fairytale retellings?? Yes please!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

carynnbanner's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

baponthecob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I dont hate it????
It was a little slow bc of exposition and setup and all of that, but it wasnt bad.
The way Cinder was 16 and Kai was 18 bugged me a lot so I'm just pretending that's not a thing.
To me, they vibe more as friends. I would like to see them get closer platonically and actually bond over something and get to know each other. Bc rn their entire thing is banter and flirting.
I like Kai and Cinder as individuals. They're both sarcastic little shits lol. Sometimes it was a BIT MUCH, but it added funny bits.
All the scenes with Adri made me feel really conflicted? They tugged on my heartstrings, man. There were a lot of scenes that were just painful. /pos 
Also, as a reread, I can see a lot of foreshadowing and setup for future books.
Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised at how this holds up. I understand why 12-year-old me liked this so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

The adult/minor relationship is 18 & 16

namzuru's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Blood

minimarie's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

I read this back in 2012/2013, I personally think this is a great book for middle school students and/or those beginning to read fantasy/sci-fiction 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Gaslighting

emmasbookdiary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

A good book! (Reading the rest of the series makes it better in my opinion) Cinder is a great MC. 
It was weird getting used to all the lunar terminology but also cool. The rest of the series is epic so while this isn’t my favorite, it’s still really good and a good start to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Cursing