Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

20 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Classism, Death of parent, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Body shaming

mirroaoror's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

anonymous_traveller's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Slavery

jachnax's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

I liked it but the plot was a little bit all over the place and some stuff was just a bit unlogical and convenient for the characters. Some repetitions were also a little annoying and i would have liked the book to explore the ending a bit more and get some more after. Overall its good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Classism, Death, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

I enjoy books that take our classic fairytales and twist them, look at them from a different perspective and weave an entirely different story. I particularly enjoy how Kalynn Bayron explores how much of a negative impact fairytales can have on a society, something I have often thought about. 

We are fed these stories about lives, people, how they do and should live, from a very young age. When, in reality, they are idealistic, narrow minded and unrealistic. Not every girl is going to grow up to find and marry the man of her dreams, have children and live a perfect life she loves as a home maker. But these stories don't show us any diversity or inclusion of any kind. Children learn from fairytales and I don't think our typical fairytales are teaching anything useful and I love the way Kalynn explores this in Cinderella is Dead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Classism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Trafficking, and War

crackergirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

robinsong's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Bullying

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Animal death

josieruby1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, and Emotional abuse

author2223's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death