The Lunar Chronicles' first installment, Cinder, is an entertaining book and one of the more creative adaptations of Cinderella I've seen in a long while. The story reads pretty smoothly and hooks you in easily. Meyer's writing is poetic in sense, without falling into Purple Prose. The story shifts from point of views in different chapters, from the protagonist to the doctor to the love interest and back again, but never does it get confusing nor repetitive. The characters are fun and have great dynamic with each other.
I have only two complaints. The first is the lack of any setting development throughout the story. It takes place in future New Beijing, yet other than the title there wasn't much about the cultures or customs. It would've been nice to see more done with the setting. The second complaint is the foreshadowing, it was really heavy-handed and gave away the twist at the end pretty early into the story.
Overall, it has it's flaws, but they never detract from the story. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a fun read.
Overall, a solid read.
The Lunar Chronicles' first installment, Cinder, is an entertaining book and one of the more creative adaptations of Cinderella I've seen in a long while. The story reads pretty smoothly and hooks you in easily. Meyer's writing is poetic in sense, without falling into Purple Prose. The story shifts from point of views in different chapters, from the protagonist to the doctor to the love interest and back again, but never does it get confusing nor repetitive. The characters are fun and have great dynamic with each other.
I have only two complaints. The first is the lack of any setting development throughout the story. It takes place in future New Beijing, yet other than the title there wasn't much about the cultures or customs. It would've been nice to see more done with the setting. The second complaint is the foreshadowing, it was really heavy-handed and gave away the twist at the end pretty early into the story.
Overall, it has it's flaws, but they never detract from the story. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a fun read.