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Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

4 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

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

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

shushkeepitdown's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

The way it's written feels more for a younger audience but it has themes which are not suitable for them. Overall a good read and made me feel hopeful a bit. Plot twist was satisfying even if I expected it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Abandonment, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Classism, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol