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Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

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nfarelli2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

halieghkai's review against another edition

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3.0

If you like fairy-tale retellings with young women reclaiming their power from a sexist aristocracy, you might enjoy this one.

The story takes place 200 years after Cinderella died when women are forced to attend an annual ball to be chosen by a partner. There's a penalty if the woman
refuses to attend or if she isn't 'chosen' by the third ball.

Sophia is a rebel who dreams of escaping this restrictive nightmare, but she has to come up with an elaborate plan to rescue other women from their impending doom, but how?

I liked the plot of this book as well as the queer character lead. However, I didn't enjoy the inconsistencies in parts of the book, and the ending felt rushed.

It becomes evident that the demographic of this book is not targetted at mature audiences, which makes it an Important Read for young readers (16+) the message of empowerment is there.

I wished I could've read something like this at that age.

samvdp's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

rigzin22's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

jotoide's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-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

2.5

The morals of this book could not have been more heavy-handed. While reading it constantly felt like the author wasnt confident in thier story. Characters are boring and tropey. Writting style was bare bones and completely unimpactfull. I wanted to lile this but I could not, I suppose I'm not the target audience. Not a horrible book, someone could like this but I was super dissapointed overall