Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Wie Monde so silbern by Marissa Meyer

48 reviews

jessicadoom's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

After reading Renegades, I had high hopes for the rest of Marissa Meyer's books. World-building wise, I was still very much impressed. And the story was great! There was just something missing to keep it from being a full 4 stars. Maybe it was the insta-love. Maybe the fact that I called the twist from very early on. Not sure, but I did still enjoy it! Just not yet ready to pick up the next book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

larawaraful's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic

alanna23'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

kal_el_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Gun violence

smileypers0n's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elizabeth12's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

My cousin gifted me this book years ago, and I have tried so many times to read this book. I finally decided to try the audiobook and I was hooked. I think I had a hard time reading it originally because of the plague and the medical experimentation. Some of it made my skin crawl. It's more intense than I was expecting from a young adult book.

I loved the worldbuilding! The world is set 126 years after World War 4, and there's cyborgs, aliens, and androids. It's a very unique version of Cinderella (and there's some Snow White elements), and even if it wasn't marketed as a retelling, the story would still stand on it's own. I'm excited to see how Marissa Meyer expands the world throughout the series. 

This is not a Disney fairytale retelling. This is dark and heartbreaking and reminiscent of older fairytales. The romance between Kai and Cinder is important, but it is not the main focus. 

I'm curious to see how Cinder will deal with being cyborg, Lunar, and royal. I hope we dive more into that in the next books.

I loved this book, and I loved the narration. I'm so excited to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

hollyheartless's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War

khloereads86's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

As the first book in the series, it’s a solid introduction to the universe and good kick off, but not too much happens until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.75

It wasn't BAD by any means, just a bit YA-y in places, and not my usual. Seeing the Cinderella adaptation bits was probably the best part.

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Content Warnings

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.