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Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

56 reviews

littlecatinabox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

heather667's review

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

Minor: Suicide

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.5

Fast, engaging and queer. Its a beautifull debut novel and a real break from the mold of the  fairytale story

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

skye_era_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. This was my first Cinderella retelling and I cannot put into words how much I loved it — plus it was sapphic so that’s a huge win! 
Cinderella is Dead shows a dark twist to our beloved Disney version of Cinderella. The people of Lille are under the rule of a very cruel king who demands that everyone lives by his rules and the rules of the Cinderella story. Girls and women are forced to go to the ball, where men will either choose them or they will be forfeited. But Sophia wants to put a stop to this. She does not want a husband, and she intends to save herself and the people of Lille from the king’s reign.
I absolutely loved Sophia and Constance’s relationship, and loved

Amina (the “fairy godmother” until we realize she was the king’s mother!! I was GAGGED at that point okay! I was YELLING.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

e_riahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

dark

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

3.5

Cinderella and the information she took to her grave played a disappointingly smaller part in the plot than advertised, but giving Prince Charming dark origins was imaginative. The plot twist involving the “fairy godmother” (Amina) was unsatisfying. I can’t put my finger on it, but there was something missing from this book. It fell into that YA trap of feeling obligated to send a message instead of just telling a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

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, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Outing

gbrds762's review

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

Moderate: Trafficking

madyou's review

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail