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My Rating: Pretty Good (:
“She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball.”
This is a biAlso can be found on my blog: bookwormtales.wordpress.com
My Rating: Pretty Good (:
“She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball.”
This is a bit of a late review, because quite honestly I’d been putting off reading Cinder. It seemed intriguing, but at the same time I was tired of fairytale retellings. Plus with all the hype created about this book, I was afraid of holding far too high expectations.
Then, one day, a friend forced me to read the first chapter. And I couldn’t put it down.
Cinder, our wonderfully smart, sassy, cyborg heroine turned out to be more human than many of the Mary Sues churned out in the YA novel world. She had her moments of insecurity and was a bit infatuated (or a bit more than a bit) with Prince Kai-who was ridiculously charming, so who could blame her? She was rejected by step-mother and one of her step-sisters, but the other one was a sweetheart, which I thought was a refreshing take on the classic tale. What made Cinder shine even brighter was her wonderful robot best friend, Iko. She was the epitome of the perky-girly fan girl best friend and the perfect foil for Cinder. Iko brought out the girl in Cinder, who preferred working with wires over dresses and dances. That being said, Meyer did a great job of balancing Cinder’s aversion to the aforementioned balls and gowns, letting her have moments of excitement about Prince Kai and the attention she received. The plot was well paced with a somewhat predictable, but still interesting twist towards the end. Overall, it was one of the best retellings I’ve read recently—adding depth to all the characters and giving new insight into one of my most beloved fairytales. I am looking forward to reading Scarlet, Cress and Winter. ...more
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