A waste of potential. While Meyer presents an interesting world daringly built upon my favorite fairy tale of all-time, everything falls flat. Meyer writes a lot about a conflict between the Lunar people and the humans in New Beijing. However she does not explain anything; the conflict is a huge black hole within the story, and it remains a mystery why it is so important. 
 Cinder herself could have been such an interesting character study! Her identity struggle as a cyborg makes room for an interesting discussion: can she feel or is she programmed? How much of her is *her* and how much of her is created in a lab? 
 But once again, Meyer does not elaborate. She does not add any depth to Cinder's character, nor does she give any answers. It truly is a struggle to read something that could have been so amazing but is so superficial. 
 Somehow this entire book felt pointless.