Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

329 reviews

gcoulsxn's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Kidnapping

joliebean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

itsrenee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

God I loved this book. Definitely going to one of my all time favourites. Sophia’s fight to the very end to

ending Manfred’s reign

meant so much to me and

stopping the tyranny over the people allowing for women to be free and have actual choices

was so important to me and I’m so proud of her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ladyanjulka's review

dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Queer, young adult, retelling of The Handmaid's Tale. Good though the writing felt like it could have been tightened up a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

sn8man's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

kat_smith24's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

A bit predictable but it's twisty and turny.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

rosy_posy's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

1.5

Wouldn't read it again, but was an interesting concept. Weirdly reductionist and trivialisation of DV - with the MC even asking while knowing why a woman had visible injuries.

I'm not sure a land like this would suddenly respect Constance as Queen.

Wasn't a huge fan of any character, apart from Luke

who we basically never saw again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

shawntellreads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Such a great book! Queer representation with black main characters. A Cinderella retelling with a twist, and strong female characters. I really loved this book, and how Sophia never gave up her fight for others. Perfect to read in the fall/winter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual harassment

seren'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jcgirl1032's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved it! It was fast-paced, but very well written. Had me on the edge of my seat for certain parts. I suppose the ending is to expected, but there were some twists and turns that I did not see coming. Sophia is now one of my favorite characters! Be a light in the dark!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury