Cinder

2/21/20

I have to be honest here. I did try to read this book when it first came out and I feel bad that I didn't get farther than the first chapter. I'm hoping that giving this book a second chance will be the best decision I have made so far. If I remember correctly, this is like the futuristic version of Cinderella. I do love the fairy tales and the different versions of them. Meaning I have high expectations of this book. Keep your figures crossed if you are a fan of this book or series. There are a few books that I've read that I just couldn't finish and it makes me feel bad. But sometimes I just don't love them enough to finish reading them. It's more like pulling teeth is more entertaining than some books I've read. Lets hope this book isn't one of them. Okay maybe I don't have high expectations of this book. I don't even think I'll be finishing it. Now we just have to see if this book proves me right or lives up to my low expectations.

3/3/20

It is taking me so long to read this book, I'm not even a quarter of the way. But I can say that I'm farther than I have ever been before. So I am making progress. So far we are introduced to I think post apocalyptic China or at least somewhere in Asia. Our main character is a girl who experienced a severe accident that turned her into a cyborg. Also during this time period, cyborgs are considered low level people. They are actually not even considered people. Anyways, Cinder is working at the market and runs into the prince. They talk and she agrees to fix something of his. He leaves and then an outbreak of the plague shows up in the market and it shuts down. Cinder goes home and finds that her adoptive mother is having her adoptive sisters fitted for dresses. She mentions being fitted but her step mother tells her that she has to fix their hover first and buy herself her own dress for the ball. Cinder figures out that she wouldn't be able to go because her step mother will just come up with excuses on why she can't go. So Cinder decides to go to the junkyard to scavenge for parts with one of her step sisters tagging along. While there her step sister has a breakout from the plague and is carted away. Cinder then goes home to report the news but they already know. She then learns that she was volunteered against her will to be a test subject. Tries to escape but fails. And, that is pretty much where I left off. A whole lot happens in the first few chapters, which means that this book is going to be an adventure. Now if only I can actually get myself to read more of it. Sorry guys, I'm trying but I predict not finishing this book once again.

5/14/20

 Honestly, I have no idea where I left. It just feels like I have been reading this book forever at this point. Anyways, from what I can remember our main character is named Cinder and she is a mechanic. Also she is cyborg and they are highly discriminated against in the world. She was adopted by her father who died of a disease that is extremely deadly. But one of her sisters ends up getting the disease and Cinder get volunteered to take part in the experimenting to find a cure. Only problem is that she is immune to the disease because she is Lunar. But she doesn't know this until her second trip to the palace. During this same trip she runs into the prince for like the tenth time, I'm exaggerating, and he asks her to the ball. She rejects him because she knows that it isn't safe and she knows that her being a cyborg would make the prince not like her. Anyways, Cinder goes home and the prince is faced with the death of his father and the sudden visit of the Lunar queen. Which we then learn that Cinder is under protection of a chip to keep her Lunar gifts locked away. Also Cinder knows that the prince is looking for the missing Lunar princess and I think the doctor is slowly realizing who this Lunar princess is. As a reader, I already know who it is and I'm just waiting for the characters to realize this. Other than that, I have nothing else to report. I feel like I did a whole recap on the whole book. Nothing literally happens in this book. It's like reading a Chinese Drama where they drag out everything to the point you want to fast forward, but you don't because you are afraid you are going to be missing something. I'm a little halfway, so I can do it. I can make it to the end. It is just going to take a while.

6/6/20

I feel like nothing has really happened in this book since the last time I posted. I'm almost done and I have about ninety pages left. I am just sad that it took me so long to read this book. It just doesn't give it much justice. Anyways since I last posted the book a few things have happened. Cinder's sister dies from the disease right when she was about to give her the antidote. Cinder also is treated like a criminal to the point she is put on house arrest, which is just not fair because they treat her like trash anyways. The prince becomes the emperor. And I pretty much stopped reading right when Cinder got a message from a Lunar stating that the prince or now emperor was in danger. That the Lunar queen knew everything about him looking for the missing princess and all the plans he had for her. So I'm going to leave it at that. I am waiting to see how this is all going to unfold and who is going to be the one to realize that Cinder is most likely the missing princess. But if you want to learn about it more, go read the book. I may have found it boring and dry, but you might actually like it.