opcarder's review against another edition
5.0
I seriously think that this was one of the most bittersweet and heartbreaking things I have ever read. It was amazing but I am very sad now. I was not expecting that, seriously.
mellomellomello's review against another edition
4.0
So good and so heartbreaking. Why would Marissa Meyer do this to her fans?! Great little story though.
lucy_qhuay's review against another edition
4.0
This short story was a thousand times better than Cinder and Scarlet combined. I'm actually tearing up right now.
Poor Star! I wish she had had a chance... :'(
jarichan's review against another edition
4.0
Eine nette Zwischengeschichte aus dem Lunar Chronicles-Universum, die mir teilweise ein bisschen zu kitschig war, aber dennoch sehr ans Herz geht. Für Fans definitiv ein guter Lesesnack, ansonsten muss man diese Geschichte nicht unbedingt gelesen haben. Ich hatte dennoch meinen Spass damit, hauptsächlich auch, weil Meyer einfach richtig gut schreiben kann.
kaluchansky's review against another edition
5.0
How dare MM make me so sad in such a short story. This version of The Little Mermaid was a nice addition to TLC even if it was depressing.
machteld_booklover_meinou's review against another edition
4.0
I love this beautiful story, and will never forget about Star!
mehsi's review against another edition
3.0
This was a short story, and it was very cute/adorable.
I felt sorry for our little android, she saves a life and what does she get? That her behaviour is strange, that she should be scrapped/re-programmed. Poor thing, luckily she escapes.
And she meets Linh Cinder. *cheers* I really liked the exchange between Mech6.0 and Linh, though I wish it would have gone differently.
It had a lot of similarities with the Little Mermaid story, girl falls in love with a guy she cannot have, she saves him, loses her voice and trouble arises, though it doesn't all go as that story. Sadly. :(
The ending was a bit confusing, but soon becomes clearer. For some reason I liked the ending, though I had expected differently and I am a bit sad.
I felt sorry for our little android, she saves a life and what does she get? That her behaviour is strange, that she should be scrapped/re-programmed. Poor thing, luckily she escapes.
And she meets Linh Cinder. *cheers* I really liked the exchange between Mech6.0 and Linh, though I wish it would have gone differently.
It had a lot of similarities with the Little Mermaid story, girl falls in love with a guy she cannot have, she saves him, loses her voice and trouble arises, though it doesn't all go as that story. Sadly. :(
The ending was a bit confusing, but soon becomes clearer. For some reason I liked the ending, though I had expected differently and I am a bit sad.
vitsa's review
3.0
Well it was an ok novella.
I wasn't overly impressed with it, but then again filler novels are one of my pet hates along with standalone novels turned trilogy and trilogies continued past three books, so I was negatively biased to begin with.
I liked Star and felt sorry for her - but I didn't find the rest of the characters all that likable - maybe it was meant to be that way. I remember hating the prince in the Little Mermaid. Either way - the story left me with a meh feeling and that's not what you come out with after having read a good book.
Sorry, Marissa Meyer, I still love most of your other stuff.
I wasn't overly impressed with it, but then again filler novels are one of my pet hates along with standalone novels turned trilogy and trilogies continued past three books, so I was negatively biased to begin with.
I liked Star and felt sorry for her - but I didn't find the rest of the characters all that likable - maybe it was meant to be that way. I remember hating the prince in the Little Mermaid. Either way - the story left me with a meh feeling and that's not what you come out with after having read a good book.
Sorry, Marissa Meyer, I still love most of your other stuff.