Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

14 reviews

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Gore, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Body horror, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

dragongirl271's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Animal death, Police brutality, and Bullying

Minor: Gore, Violence, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

gbrds762's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Vomit, Physical abuse, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Murder, Animal death, Classism, Grief, Death, Suicide, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Trafficking

wynnie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Confinement, Classism, Body horror, Blood, Terminal illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Chronic illness, Trafficking, Animal death, Confinement, and Suicide

Far darker than you would initially think, quite a lot of mentions of triggering topics. Sexual violence against women is talked about frequently.

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Death, Murder, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, and Suicide

ronjaorsomething's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

lucytoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexism, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Trafficking

Minor: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Classism, and Confinement

snail_slime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Cursing, Death, and Vomit

blackheartbooks's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Sophie is like every young girl in the kingdom preparing for the ball. She must buy an extravagant dress, primp herself almost unrecognizable, and make herself available to potential suitors at the cotillion. The thing is, she doesn't want a husband. She wants to marry her best friend, Erin, and live a life she chose for herself. What unfolds next is a Cinderella retelling for the modern age. 
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 I loved this story so much. I wish I could have read this when I was in high school. I always felt like a misfit. I didn't feel thin enough or pretty enough, and underneath everything else, I never felt straight enough. So to read about a young lesbian woman taking down the patriarchy was exactly what teenage me needed to read. 
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 Bayron's writing is pretty wonderful. She manages to make these big life lessons accessible no matter the age group, and she uses the Cinderella myth in a new and exciting way. I really liked how she deconstructed the internalized misogyny of the original fairy tale and replaced it with women upholding each other to break out of the throes of the patriarchy.
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 It'd be impossible to contain everything I loved in a single review. This book is a hard read because it discusses a lot of awful topics, but it does so with grace and care. I love how Sophie was able to both tackle the toxic power structures of her world while still acknowledging that change does not occur overnight. It felt like a believable ending to me as well, while still giving us the happily ever after we expect from fairytales. If you've read this book, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide