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Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

7 reviews

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

This is basically like seamless fanfiction because it's done by the author and therefore perfectly congruent with her series. Some stories are better than others, I would venture to say, and The Little Android is a bit of an odd one that breaks away from the rest of them. I was only mildly disappointed because 1, I was hoping more of it would be focused on our main characters rather than random backstory characters, and 2, I thought for certain that the wedding teased in Marissa Meyer's interview was going to be between Winter & Jacin. I wouldn't say I was super disappointed, just surprised, and it ended up making sense that she chose that couple. The ending was very sweet, and I loved the story that showed us Kai's perspective of meeting Cinder.

I feel like I've ranked Rebecca Soler's performances so many times at this point that it's getting redundant, but I can only give her a 4/5 this time around unfortunately, due to whoever produced this audiobook. She was obviously sick or recovering from respiratory illness! I don't understand why they would force her to record before her voice was fully back to its normal state. It made the performance grating, as she sounds clearly stuffed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

The thematic elements of this entire series would stand to warn about topics revolving around one group of people being willing to rule over another in personal relationships and culturally. This book in particular mentions those concepts but doesn't go into details. The story I would give the biggest trigger warning about would be Winter & Jacin's, "The Princess and the Guard." This is where most the sexual assauly and suicide warnings come into play.

laneelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I am officially done with The Lunar Chronicles. Bittersweet.

~The Keeper: Scarlett going to live with Michelle-a sweet story, I really liked it
~Glitches: Cinder going to live with the Lihns-emotional and good background information to have
~The Queen's army: sweet baby Wolf's background-emotional and important backstory
~Carswell's guide to being lucky: Thorne's past-a cute anecdote to add to the story
~After sunshine passes by: Cress gets locked in the satellite-sad story but necessary for background
~The princess and the guard: Jacin and Winter's background-necessary for Winter's background and why she doesn't use her gift
~The little android: I never di find out who this was about or why it was important to the story
~The mechanic: Kai and Cinder's first meeting from Kai's point of view-not necessary, but super cute and fun
~Something old, Something new: family reunion, yay! I really appreciated this. It was like an extended epilogue and I loved it. After everything they have been through together, seeing them all at the farmhouse together back on Earth for Scarlett and Wolf's wedding and making normal plans for the near future and sharing a meal and being normal for once was much needed. The surprise wedding was beautiful. Leaving the boys to the decorations? Genuis and hilarious. And the proposal was so sweet. It was a great ending to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

CINDER-KAI FANS ARE WINNINGGG

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

3.75

loved these backstories! my favorite has to be kai’s pov of meeting cinder!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

janaya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Just a collection of short stories about the characters from the series. Some of them were in the past, some weren’t.  I liked some more than others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

chuckielittle's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault and Murder