Publisher- Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date- January 3, 2012
Pages- 387
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
I started Cinder last ear when it came out, but I put it down so that I could read Divergent. I had planned on picking it up when I finished, but then I read Insurgent and The Great Gatsby... and I never continued it until last week.
I had very strong feelings for the characters. I absolutley hated the stepmother and stepsisters right off the bat. They annoyed me so much through the story and that really made me feel for Cinder. Any time I have such strong feelings toward characters, I know they are good.
The plot was a fairy tale retelling, but it still remained completely original.
Perhaps my favorite aspect was the world building. The amount of detail in the world was incredible. I could really visualize everything. They had all kinds of different gadgets and new technology. I could tell Meyer put a lot of thought and planning into this novel.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I wish I has finished it sooner.
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Publisher- Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date- June 5, 2012
Pages- 294
Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don’t thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not—you launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner.Only, if it’s the last time you’ll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you’d stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus.But the bus was barreling down our street, so I ran.Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong.
In Emmy Laybourne’s action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart.
The reason I bought this book was because it was pretty much stalking me on Amazon. Everywhere I clicked this was recommended to me. So I just thought, "What the heck? I sounds interesting so I'll give it try." And I'm certainly glad I did.
The plot picked up very fast, within the first 2 or 3 pages, and it never really let up. There were twists and turns that kept it moving at a fairly fast pace throughout.
For me the best part of this book was the characters. They felt very real to me. I could think of someone in my life that was similar to each of the characters. I think they all acted how any normal person would in a situation like this. Our main character was Dean. He was sort of playing the "Mr. Mom" in the store. He cooked and cleaned and helped with the kids a lot and he didn't enjoy that too much. But as things got tougher he really stepped up, as did everyone else, and I was very impressed with the kind of society that they formed.
The negatives were very small and didn't bother me too much. It seemed that as the story progressed the main character felt the need to remind us rather bluntly of the major events that had happened. There were times when he actually stated, "Because remember here was a big hail storm..." and obviously I remember because the hail storm was the event that started the book. Other than that I don't have anything negative to say.
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