#18 in Dystopian
Cinder
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Cinder” moves the outline of Cinderella into a science-fiction setting built with real imagination, and gives the old tale a heroine with far more backbone. Readers new to fairy-tale retellings may need a few chapters to settle in, and some guess the ending early. As a light start to a series it does its job, and readers who take to it go on to the next book.
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About the book
Cinder is the 2012 debut young adult science fiction novel of American author Marissa Meyer, published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the first book in The Lunar Chronicles and is followed by Scarlet. The story is loosely based on the classic fairytale Cinderella. Cinder was selected as one of IndieBound's Kids' Next List for winter 2012.
Reading order · The Lunar Chronicles
Full order & progress →- CinderThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Scarlet
8.08.0 / 10 - Cress
8.48.4 / 10 - Winter
8.48.4 / 10 - Fairest
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 1,271 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 90% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Dystopian average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 54 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 1.2K | 96% |
Frequently asked
What age is Cinder for?
Cinder sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 416 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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