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The Lunar Chronicles #1-3
Le cronache lunari - Volume 1
Gli affascinanti retelling delle classiche fiabe di Cenerentola, Cappuccetto Rosso e Raperonzolo, coraggiose ragazze in lotta contro la Regina Levana in un mondo di cyborg.
1336 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 19, 2023
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Marissa Meyer
84 books132k followersI live in Tacoma, Washington, with my husband and beautiful twin daughters. Represented by Jill Grinberg. Learn more about me and my upcoming books at http://www.marissameyer.com.
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April 11, 2019
My fangirl heart won't stop beating the song of these books.
July 7, 2017
I like to think that sometime after Cress and Thorne are married Thorne just casually asks why Cress stays with him and she replies sweet and cute like “I love you, why else?” and Thorne just replies with “Well, you know, I always seem to be a thorn in everyone’s side” and laughs at the pun he made
January 11, 2021
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We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses.
I first came across Cinder by Marissa Meyer in 2012 at a time when I’d been dejectedly hopping from disappointing book to disappointing book in search of a new read that I would actually enjoy. As it goes, I just wasn’t in the mood for another re-read of a book I actually liked. I couldn't quite tell you why this was the case, but I was just at a point where I couldn't bring myself to enjoy much of anything. As a result, I was searching for something to improve my mood in any place I could. And, if truth be told, I had no real intense desire to bother reading Cinder anyway.
Happenstance
Finding Cinder was wholly accidental. Scarlet was already out and, from a cursory look at the covers, my initial reaction was to assume the entire series would be just as disappointing as the last book I’d read. Though beautiful, those covers did look very much like they were advertising books to a 12-year-old market. I think it was the color.
If you’ve ever spent a lot of time reading middlegrade books, you’ll notice that color is something they’re pretty good with. So, while I did find it visually appealing to look at, I was ultimately comparing it to all those young reader books that I’d never actually fallen in love with.
My expectations for Cinder were pretty low. Granted, from the summary the book did sound fantastic. Cyborg Cinderella? Sign me up! However, I had misgivings. These were based largely on previous experiences finding a plethora of cool looking and sounding novels vastly disappointing. But I had nothing better to read and I was in need of some new material. So, I got both Cinder and Scarlet. And I was fully expecting to come away thinking they’d been okay reads, but were nothing amazing, or hating them entirely.
Then I read the book
It feels somewhat silly to say it, but Cinder was pretty life-changing for me. In the strangest of ways, it genuinely gave me new energy. I’d found the series at a time I’d been really struggling and, not to delve too deeply into the matter, been very depressed. I started writing again after reading this book, something I had been avoiding for quite some time. Sophomore year of college was hard for many reasons and Cinder made it a little easier. I’ve sometimes wondered if this explains why I feel so close to the series so many years later. Still, I don't think I'd still be rereading it at least once a year if that were the case. Besides, I’d only read the first two books.
Cinder begins with a young cyborg girl and a job. Readers are thrown into the desperate times of an earth ridden with plauges. The first, a very real and deadly disease. The other, tyrant Queen Levana of the moon. It's reasonable to assume, simply by knowing this is a Cinderella retelling, that you have a basis for where the plot will go. It doesn’t take long to figure out what the plot twist near the end of the book will be. However, knowing this does not detract once from how amazing the story, the characters, and Meyer’s superb writing truly is. And I remember being absolutely blown away the moment I learned that this was her debut novel.
Some people are simply amazing.
We soon meet Prince Kaito of the Eastern Commonwealth. His first act is to deposit his malfunctioning android unceremoniously atop cyborg Cinderella’s mechanic’s booth. He enters with a desperate and almost painfully idealistic hope, quickly marking him as someone precious. Despite the ever-present threat the Moon Queen presents to both his country and planet Earth, he is kind-hearted and optimistic. Admittedly, he is also quite naive.
A plague tears through the population of the planet, setting the scene for the dire situation the world is in. And naturally, no Cinderella story would be complete without the awful stepmother, stepsister, and quirky sidekick. We meat each one early on and they are all written beautifully.
Meyer blends her story together with perfect pacing, something I’ve noticed can be quite difficult for authors to achieve. Her characters are exceptionally developed and easy to love. Meyer’s story is so well written with characters so fantastic that the predictability of a fairy-tale retelling literally becomes completely irrelevant. The differences between the material that inspired the story and the final product to truly capture and amaze readers.
I’ve always loved this story. I couldn’t tell you which re-read this was for me, though I’m well into double digits at this point. Reading this book has always evoked positive feelings in me. In fact, I often feel that a part of me has been left behind when I turn the final page.
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We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses.
I first came across Cinder by Marissa Meyer in 2012 at a time when I’d been dejectedly hopping from disappointing book to disappointing book in search of a new read that I would actually enjoy. As it goes, I just wasn’t in the mood for another re-read of a book I actually liked. I couldn't quite tell you why this was the case, but I was just at a point where I couldn't bring myself to enjoy much of anything. As a result, I was searching for something to improve my mood in any place I could. And, if truth be told, I had no real intense desire to bother reading Cinder anyway.
Happenstance
Finding Cinder was wholly accidental. Scarlet was already out and, from a cursory look at the covers, my initial reaction was to assume the entire series would be just as disappointing as the last book I’d read. Though beautiful, those covers did look very much like they were advertising books to a 12-year-old market. I think it was the color.
If you’ve ever spent a lot of time reading middlegrade books, you’ll notice that color is something they’re pretty good with. So, while I did find it visually appealing to look at, I was ultimately comparing it to all those young reader books that I’d never actually fallen in love with.
My expectations for Cinder were pretty low. Granted, from the summary the book did sound fantastic. Cyborg Cinderella? Sign me up! However, I had misgivings. These were based largely on previous experiences finding a plethora of cool looking and sounding novels vastly disappointing. But I had nothing better to read and I was in need of some new material. So, I got both Cinder and Scarlet. And I was fully expecting to come away thinking they’d been okay reads, but were nothing amazing, or hating them entirely.
Then I read the book
It feels somewhat silly to say it, but Cinder was pretty life-changing for me. In the strangest of ways, it genuinely gave me new energy. I’d found the series at a time I’d been really struggling and, not to delve too deeply into the matter, been very depressed. I started writing again after reading this book, something I had been avoiding for quite some time. Sophomore year of college was hard for many reasons and Cinder made it a little easier. I’ve sometimes wondered if this explains why I feel so close to the series so many years later. Still, I don't think I'd still be rereading it at least once a year if that were the case. Besides, I’d only read the first two books.
Cinder begins with a young cyborg girl and a job. Readers are thrown into the desperate times of an earth ridden with plauges. The first, a very real and deadly disease. The other, tyrant Queen Levana of the moon. It's reasonable to assume, simply by knowing this is a Cinderella retelling, that you have a basis for where the plot will go. It doesn’t take long to figure out what the plot twist near the end of the book will be. However, knowing this does not detract once from how amazing the story, the characters, and Meyer’s superb writing truly is. And I remember being absolutely blown away the moment I learned that this was her debut novel.
Some people are simply amazing.
We soon meet Prince Kaito of the Eastern Commonwealth. His first act is to deposit his malfunctioning android unceremoniously atop cyborg Cinderella’s mechanic’s booth. He enters with a desperate and almost painfully idealistic hope, quickly marking him as someone precious. Despite the ever-present threat the Moon Queen presents to both his country and planet Earth, he is kind-hearted and optimistic. Admittedly, he is also quite naive.
A plague tears through the population of the planet, setting the scene for the dire situation the world is in. And naturally, no Cinderella story would be complete without the awful stepmother, stepsister, and quirky sidekick. We meat each one early on and they are all written beautifully.
Meyer blends her story together with perfect pacing, something I’ve noticed can be quite difficult for authors to achieve. Her characters are exceptionally developed and easy to love. Meyer’s story is so well written with characters so fantastic that the predictability of a fairy-tale retelling literally becomes completely irrelevant. The differences between the material that inspired the story and the final product to truly capture and amaze readers.
I’ve always loved this story. I couldn’t tell you which re-read this was for me, though I’m well into double digits at this point. Reading this book has always evoked positive feelings in me. In fact, I often feel that a part of me has been left behind when I turn the final page.
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September 27, 2020
This gets 3 stars for principle & 2 practice=5.
This is the Star Wars of Fantasy crossed with a tiny dose of sci-fi. Pure entertainment. Put aside expectations aside about what sci-fi or fantasy should be or could be, and just enjoy the ride. This is fable meets future.
This is a fun story if you don't think too hard about it. A pretty great cast of characters that you can get into despite where they fall on the morality spectrum- dark or light. The story is nothing like Star Wars, I should say. So how is it similar?
Ancient mythological constructs- the hero's journey, Good vs Evil, villains vs heroes. Stark differences highlighted, between two defined ends of the spectrum. Not a lot of blurring the lines here. Over simplistic and reductive. As a result, this is sometimes insulting. Especially, with the characters that are black and white in morality and/or are black or white. Yes, at least according to Marissa Myers. Or so Marissa Tells us. Her character breakdown complete with the race of each character, where Winter is black and as is her mother-the villain.
Marissa's Pinterest character inspirations- the black evil stepmother queen.
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My favorite characters; Winter, the questionably sane wild child & Levana the evil Lunar queen, both of whom are apparently black. Star Wars did the same thing. "Evil" wore black, good wore white. Is this simplistic and a little insulting? 100%. I do not see color, when it comes to souls that is. I will just reimagine both of them as strong beautiful black women like Viola Davis in HTGAWM. This is my inspiration:
Dark characters are usually my favorite in any genre. Vader was my favorite character in Star Wars.
You can have as much chocolate as you like, on the DARK side!!
Moral absolutes are hard to find, and altruism is rare except in stories. The "villains" are just usually more complex and frankly, interesting. I don't see color. The color of souls of anyway. And I love a bad bitch, not gonna lie!!
Sometimes being entertained is good enough. Sometimes, all you need is just to hear a good compelling story. That is what this is. Not all sci-fi needs hard, thought-provoking, and wholly possible. Or based on wars with robots or aliens conquering us. Apocalyptic visions dance in my head like sugarplum fairies. Anyone reasonable can foresee a dark end for people and our planet. But, sci-fi can be purely fun. Fantasy is rife with guilty pleasure books. Merge them and let's have fun!! Yes. Fun.
This is the Star Wars of Fantasy crossed with a tiny dose of sci-fi. Pure entertainment. Put aside expectations aside about what sci-fi or fantasy should be or could be, and just enjoy the ride. This is fable meets future.
This is a fun story if you don't think too hard about it. A pretty great cast of characters that you can get into despite where they fall on the morality spectrum- dark or light. The story is nothing like Star Wars, I should say. So how is it similar?
Ancient mythological constructs- the hero's journey, Good vs Evil, villains vs heroes. Stark differences highlighted, between two defined ends of the spectrum. Not a lot of blurring the lines here. Over simplistic and reductive. As a result, this is sometimes insulting. Especially, with the characters that are black and white in morality and/or are black or white. Yes, at least according to Marissa Myers. Or so Marissa Tells us. Her character breakdown complete with the race of each character, where Winter is black and as is her mother-the villain.
Marissa's Pinterest character inspirations- the black evil stepmother queen.
From Pinterest: Marissa Meyer saved to The Lunar Chronicles; "Stepmother" by Helena Sergeeva
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My favorite characters; Winter, the questionably sane wild child & Levana the evil Lunar queen, both of whom are apparently black. Star Wars did the same thing. "Evil" wore black, good wore white. Is this simplistic and a little insulting? 100%. I do not see color, when it comes to souls that is. I will just reimagine both of them as strong beautiful black women like Viola Davis in HTGAWM. This is my inspiration:
Dark characters are usually my favorite in any genre. Vader was my favorite character in Star Wars.
You can have as much chocolate as you like, on the DARK side!!
Moral absolutes are hard to find, and altruism is rare except in stories. The "villains" are just usually more complex and frankly, interesting. I don't see color. The color of souls of anyway. And I love a bad bitch, not gonna lie!!
Sometimes being entertained is good enough. Sometimes, all you need is just to hear a good compelling story. That is what this is. Not all sci-fi needs hard, thought-provoking, and wholly possible. Or based on wars with robots or aliens conquering us. Apocalyptic visions dance in my head like sugarplum fairies. Anyone reasonable can foresee a dark end for people and our planet. But, sci-fi can be purely fun. Fantasy is rife with guilty pleasure books. Merge them and let's have fun!! Yes. Fun.
March 20, 2018
Easy 4 to 4.5 stars, I loved this series and I usually don't like retelling but this one is an exception.
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November 27, 2023RECENSIONE ONLINE SUL BLOG - http://www.lettricedisogni.it/2023/09...
ESTRATTO:
Le Cronache Lunari" di Marissa Meyer: Una Fantascientifica Rivisitazione delle Fiabe
Se ancora non avete avuto l'opportunità di immergervi nel magico mondo delle "Cronache Lunari" di Marissa Meyer, non potete lasciarvi scappare questa avvincente saga raccolta in due volumi unici, disponibili ora in libreria. Io stessa ero una di quelle persone che aveva rimandato la lettura di questa serie per troppo tempo, ma quando ho finalmente preso il primo volume, non ho potuto fare a meno di innamorarmi della sua creatività e originalità.
Il primo volume delle "Cronache Lunari" raccoglie tre romanzi: "Cinder," "Scarlet," e "Cress." Questa saga offre una rilettura fantastica delle fiabe che abbiamo amato sin da bambini, trasportandole in un contesto futuristico e fantascientifico.
Il primo personaggio che incontriamo è Cinder, una versione rivisitata di Cenerentola, ma con una sorprendente differenza: è una cyborg. Cinder è cresciuta nell'ombra della disprezzante matrigna, ma la sua vita prende una svolta quando incontra il Principe Kai. Tuttavia, può un principe innamorarsi di una persona non umana come lei? Questo è solo l'inizio di una trama intricata che coinvolge anche Scarlet (Cappuccetto Rosso) e Cress (Raperonzolo).
Ciò che rende questa serie così speciale è ...CONTINUA
ESTRATTO:
Le Cronache Lunari" di Marissa Meyer: Una Fantascientifica Rivisitazione delle Fiabe
Se ancora non avete avuto l'opportunità di immergervi nel magico mondo delle "Cronache Lunari" di Marissa Meyer, non potete lasciarvi scappare questa avvincente saga raccolta in due volumi unici, disponibili ora in libreria. Io stessa ero una di quelle persone che aveva rimandato la lettura di questa serie per troppo tempo, ma quando ho finalmente preso il primo volume, non ho potuto fare a meno di innamorarmi della sua creatività e originalità.
Il primo volume delle "Cronache Lunari" raccoglie tre romanzi: "Cinder," "Scarlet," e "Cress." Questa saga offre una rilettura fantastica delle fiabe che abbiamo amato sin da bambini, trasportandole in un contesto futuristico e fantascientifico.
Il primo personaggio che incontriamo è Cinder, una versione rivisitata di Cenerentola, ma con una sorprendente differenza: è una cyborg. Cinder è cresciuta nell'ombra della disprezzante matrigna, ma la sua vita prende una svolta quando incontra il Principe Kai. Tuttavia, può un principe innamorarsi di una persona non umana come lei? Questo è solo l'inizio di una trama intricata che coinvolge anche Scarlet (Cappuccetto Rosso) e Cress (Raperonzolo).
Ciò che rende questa serie così speciale è ...CONTINUA
April 12, 2019
OVERALL: 4 Stars
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) - 4 Stars
Cinder, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation. Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future.
This story was an imaginative take on the classic Cinderella story. I like how the author was also able to weave in some other aspects of different fairy tales. I felt so bad for Cinder. There were definitely some heart wrenching parts.
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) - 4.5 Stars
Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.
I absolutely loved Scarlet and Wolf's story!! I was not as interested in the Cinder parts but I did like all the action.
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) - 3.5 Stars
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.
With as much as I actually liked cress this book took me a while to get through.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) - 4 Stars
Cinder, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation. Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future.
This story was an imaginative take on the classic Cinderella story. I like how the author was also able to weave in some other aspects of different fairy tales. I felt so bad for Cinder. There were definitely some heart wrenching parts.
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) - 4.5 Stars
Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.
I absolutely loved Scarlet and Wolf's story!! I was not as interested in the Cinder parts but I did like all the action.
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) - 3.5 Stars
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.
With as much as I actually liked cress this book took me a while to get through.
October 1, 2023
Oggi sono qui per parlarvi di un'altra bellissima saga arrivata nelle nostre librerie.
Come sapete sono una grande amante del genere, quindi potevo mai farmelo scappare? Assolutamente no.
La saga Cronache Lunari è una famosa serie di retelling fiabeschi molto famosa e che da anni non veniva più ristampata. Difatti, la prima volta che uscì in volumi singoli, la serie venne stampata sino al quarto volume e le novelle in Italia sinora erano inedite.
OscarVault riporta in libreria, quindi, la saga completa di novelle in due Oscar Draghi pazzeschi!
Di certo il solito difetto dei Draghi sono le pagine troppo sottili, ma ne vale comunque sempre la pena, non solo per la storia ma anche per le bellissime illustrazioni che accompagnano ogni volume racchiuso nei due dragoni, una per ogni libro che ci viene presentato come divisore dalla sua stessa cover originale (ovviamente a colori).
I libri della saga sono i seguenti:
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Raccolta di racconti
Per evitare troppi spoiler, però, parleremo solo del primo volume che alla fine va ad unire tutte le storie e novelle successive: Cinder.
La nostra Cenerentola (perché ovviamente in ogni raccolta di fiabe si parte sempre da lei è da Biancaneve) è per il 36,28% un cyborg, tutto a causa di un incidente che a undici anni l'ha resa tale per salvarle la vita e le ha tolto i ricordi del passato.
La sua tutrice e le sue due sorellastre ahimè non la sopportano e fanno di tutto per renderle la vita impossibile. Per fortuna però, lei non si scoraggia e un giorno grazie al suo essere un meccanico impeccabile incontra il Principe Kai, che le chiede di riparare il suo androide, custode di importantissime informazioni.
Difatti, nella terra robotica governata in questi retelling, la minaccia più grande di tutte non è un ballo, ma la spietata Regina Levana che, a capo del popolo lunare, vuole conquistare la Terra.
" Non è che i fili siano contagiosi."
Ho adorato tantissimo tutte le storie della serie delle Cronache Lunari. Avevo già letto anni fa i primi quattro ma rileggerli con una diversa maturità e leggere anche le novelle per la prima volta mi ha emozionato molto di più che al mio primo approccio con la saga.
Di retelling ce ne sono davvero tanti in giro, ultimamente, specialmente su fiabe e mitologia, ma posso dirvi, con assoluta certezza, che questi delle Cronache Lunari sono quelli che vale davvero la pena recuperare.
Come sapete sono una grande amante del genere, quindi potevo mai farmelo scappare? Assolutamente no.
La saga Cronache Lunari è una famosa serie di retelling fiabeschi molto famosa e che da anni non veniva più ristampata. Difatti, la prima volta che uscì in volumi singoli, la serie venne stampata sino al quarto volume e le novelle in Italia sinora erano inedite.
OscarVault riporta in libreria, quindi, la saga completa di novelle in due Oscar Draghi pazzeschi!
Di certo il solito difetto dei Draghi sono le pagine troppo sottili, ma ne vale comunque sempre la pena, non solo per la storia ma anche per le bellissime illustrazioni che accompagnano ogni volume racchiuso nei due dragoni, una per ogni libro che ci viene presentato come divisore dalla sua stessa cover originale (ovviamente a colori).
I libri della saga sono i seguenti:
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Raccolta di racconti
Per evitare troppi spoiler, però, parleremo solo del primo volume che alla fine va ad unire tutte le storie e novelle successive: Cinder.
La nostra Cenerentola (perché ovviamente in ogni raccolta di fiabe si parte sempre da lei è da Biancaneve) è per il 36,28% un cyborg, tutto a causa di un incidente che a undici anni l'ha resa tale per salvarle la vita e le ha tolto i ricordi del passato.
La sua tutrice e le sue due sorellastre ahimè non la sopportano e fanno di tutto per renderle la vita impossibile. Per fortuna però, lei non si scoraggia e un giorno grazie al suo essere un meccanico impeccabile incontra il Principe Kai, che le chiede di riparare il suo androide, custode di importantissime informazioni.
Difatti, nella terra robotica governata in questi retelling, la minaccia più grande di tutte non è un ballo, ma la spietata Regina Levana che, a capo del popolo lunare, vuole conquistare la Terra.
" Non è che i fili siano contagiosi."
Ho adorato tantissimo tutte le storie della serie delle Cronache Lunari. Avevo già letto anni fa i primi quattro ma rileggerli con una diversa maturità e leggere anche le novelle per la prima volta mi ha emozionato molto di più che al mio primo approccio con la saga.
Di retelling ce ne sono davvero tanti in giro, ultimamente, specialmente su fiabe e mitologia, ma posso dirvi, con assoluta certezza, che questi delle Cronache Lunari sono quelli che vale davvero la pena recuperare.
May 4, 2018
The Lunar Chronicles is an amazing series that I think most people will love. It follows the story of all your favorite fairy tales like cinderella, rapunzel, and red riding hood with a twist that revamps the story for many generations to come. I personally loved the entire series and can’t pick a favorite book from the series. The author has also made a few side stories that are related to the characters and places in the main series. This series is very attention grabbing and addicting to read. Once I started reading I couldn’t put the book down and was always on the lookout for the next one so I’m pretty glad that there are a few extras to help the reader gain closure and say goodbye to the story. I would definitely give this book 5 out of 5 stars.
May 31, 2024
Un libro molto carino. Inizialmente non mi ha appassionato in particolar modo, poi la voglia di continuare a laggere per sapere le varie evoluzioni.
L’idea di base, quella di rivisionare le classiche favole, mi è piaciuta molto e anche il modo che l’autrice ha utilizzato per intrecciarle tutte l’una con l’altra in maniera assolutamente non scontata. Non vedo l’ora di iniziare il 2o volume per scoprire come proseguono le varie avventure e storie d’amore!
L’idea di base, quella di rivisionare le classiche favole, mi è piaciuta molto e anche il modo che l’autrice ha utilizzato per intrecciarle tutte l’una con l’altra in maniera assolutamente non scontata. Non vedo l’ora di iniziare il 2o volume per scoprire come proseguono le varie avventure e storie d’amore!
April 15, 2019
I’m going to give these 3 books a 5-star rating as a whole (although Book 2- Scarlet was my absolute FAVE).
I am NOT, however, pleased with the ending of Cress. Are we going to tie up some loose ends here?! 😡
I’m about to start Book 3.5- Fairest so we shall see...
I am NOT, however, pleased with the ending of Cress. Are we going to tie up some loose ends here?! 😡
I’m about to start Book 3.5- Fairest so we shall see...
August 12, 2020
Wow!!! I AM SPEECHLESS!!! The best book I ever read in my life!!!!!! I love the writing style and the plot is amazing!!! I love every single word and I was so sad when it ends!!! I am going to make every person on earth to read this book!!!!!!!!!!
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June 11, 2019Loved Marissa Meyer's adaptations of the classic fairy tales. Each character is brilliant in their own way.
October 9, 2019
So gripping I loved it, that plot twist was one I never saw coming
June 30, 2020
Amazing. Captured by the relationship, by the plot everything.
April 7, 2021
I enjoyed the first entry in this series, but the third lost the plot and I lost interest.
February 5, 2022
My favorite YA novel series! Marissa Meyer brilliants weaves together characters and plots based on fairy tales set in the future. This fabulous writing makes for fabulous reading!
November 3, 2023
Che devo dire?
È una storia meravigliosa con personaggi favolosi (pun intended).
Leggetela e basta, non ve ne pentirete.
È una storia meravigliosa con personaggi favolosi (pun intended).
Leggetela e basta, non ve ne pentirete.
August 16, 2024
Cinder 3.5⭐️
Scarlet 4.5⭐️
Cress 4⭐️
Scarlet 4.5⭐️
Cress 4⭐️
September 26, 2021
This series was an excellent twist on the classic fairytales readers all know too well. These twists were not only definitively original but also not the main subject as the author entangled the reader in different new content to absolve yourself into.
I loved the first 3 novels a lot but found the last book Winter lacked the precision of the first 3 and faltered the ending slightly. I understand however this might be to replicate Winters own fragmentation and complexity as a character but this ended up being hard to follow and confusing.
Nonetheless overall the book series was great and worth the reread if you have the time.
I loved the first 3 novels a lot but found the last book Winter lacked the precision of the first 3 and faltered the ending slightly. I understand however this might be to replicate Winters own fragmentation and complexity as a character but this ended up being hard to follow and confusing.
Nonetheless overall the book series was great and worth the reread if you have the time.
July 10, 2019
THIS BOOK SERIES IS THE BEST THAT I HAVE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!!! Marissa Meyer did such an AMAZING job on this book series! I've fallen in love with it! The Lunar Chronicles has all the things a good book series should have and a lot more!! I highly suggest reading this book series if you love science-fiction, fantasy and, romantic books!! I honestly read it in like 2 days!! Once you start you cant stop
December 15, 2016
we'll hmmm....
April 24, 2020
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March 30, 2017
woo book 2 good as#1
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