Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

19 reviews

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Outing and Adult/minor relationship

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Bullying, Homophobia, Animal death, Sexism, and Body horror

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Child abuse, Grief, Outing, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

ka_ke's review against another edition

Ugh, whats with all the man hate. 

As a feminist, I get wanting to tear down the patriarchy, but why is every man (except for the queer ones) in this book a misogynistic abusive ass? We know better than this. 

Also, the mc’s perspective on anything and everything is whiny and unintelligent… gross

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Transphobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Outing, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Hate crime, and Body shaming

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Gore, Outing, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Child abuse, Police brutality, and Body shaming

pkc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

I bought this on a bit of a whim in 2021 thinking “why not indulge in another subversion of the Cinderella fairytale?” but I guess…like there’s no other subversion worth consuming. This is it. 

Holy crap I LOVED this story.

The protagonist was so engaging, so strong but proudly showed her vulnerabilities. The villain made my skin crawl. The love interests were fully formed characters in their own right who didn’t just serve to enhance the protagonists story. Representation was incredible (a POC MC, very queer).

Around the tail end of last year, I saw someone do a list of reading icks that they’d hope might be left in 2022. One of them was adults reading young adult books, as if it was somehow a lower class of read that shouldn’t be indulged. It really rankled me when I saw it as a 33 year old lover of YA and books like this beautifully explain why. 

This a story, aimed at young adults, that is absolutely about using your voice to speak out against oppression. It’s not the manic pixie dreamgirl or feelingsy guy that you find in the stereotypes that the genre is wrongly thought to comprise of exclusively. 

Sophia is a strong, ferocious human being who is guided by and intently focused on the right thing to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Animal death, Biphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Sexism

perscoot's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

The idea behind this story is extremely compelling, but unfortunately it all comes across a bit ham fisted. There's very little subtlety, and the main character never has to struggle much against her beliefs. She also has very little empathy for others who are struggling within the fascist society of the setting, which seems to be supported by the narrative. I think this book could have been really good, but unfortunately there's nothing for the reader to think about. Maybe this is the right book for someone else out there, but unfortunately the further I got into the book the more of a slog it became to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Outing

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, Murder, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Homophobia, and Outing

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Violence, Child death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Grief, and Outing

caitlin033's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Outing

karcitis's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Violence, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual violence, Grief, Death, Confinement, and Body horror

Minor: Outing, Classism, Death of parent, Animal death, Excrement, and Animal cruelty