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Review: Cinder

Cinder Cinder by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Oh my Oh my Oh my. Hmmm CINDER. What are my true thoughts about thee? Not a blazed clue. I think... I mean I LIKED it... but did I REALLY LIKE it? Hmm I suppose not since I'm asking myself this question. So I'll go for three stars for now. But I have been known to ponder after books a while after I initially read them and then change my rating, so who knows.

A key thing I liked was the gritty feeling of the story. It wasn't like very outwardly obvious, I just found myself thinking about the book between readings and was like, "yo Yeah it does have this gritty feeling to it doesn't it? Hmm. I like it". I Also found myself thinking at this one part when Cinder was walking home one night, that GEE I was really glad that she wasn't on the run or sneaking or anything of the sorts. I'm really tired of sneaking stories.

I didn't really get the Cyborg hate though. To me it really didn't seem like THAT much of a big deal. Cyborgs are FRIGGIN RAD! They should be celebrated! They're the result of science and medicine gone terribly RIGHT! One step closer to immortality! Which I guess could actually be argued as a bad thing but whatever. Anyway the whole thing seemed a bit over dramatic to me.

I also guessed kinda the big ending by just after the middle of the book so that was fun. I felt proud of my Sherlock-ness.

So yeah I already have the next two books in the series, Scarlet and Cress, just salivating to be read so I'll get on those soon!


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