Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

48 reviews

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Confinement, Sexual violence, Torture, and Classism

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

sappix's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gore, and Pedophilia

marloesisalive's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book, I read it in two days. The story is original and a very different approach to a traditional fairy tale. I did find that the protagonist got over her first love too quickly. But all in all it’s a nice fast read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

melsage1823's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Homophobia

sydthesciencekiddd's review

adventurous 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? Yes

2.25

Don’t get me wrong I liked this book, I liked the idea, I liked the story, I liked (some) of the characters. But the way it was written was horrible. It’s written as a wattpad book made by 13 year olds. If this was a little wattpad book it would be higher but this was a professional edited book but an adult. I didn’t enjoy the main character for the first 3/4 in my opinion she was a horrible pick me that thought she was better than everyone. I liked her a little more at the end but she was still a pick me 😭, I think if this was rewritten it could be beyond amazing, like I said I love the plot. But at the same time it had plot holes and things that didn’t make sense but it was good, I rate it 2.25 ⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Toxic relationship

I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ERIN

mirandyli's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

An excellent retelling of Cinderella from the point of view of a sapphic poc. Predictable at times but still a delightful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-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

3.5

c'est la meilleure réécriture de conte de fées que j'ai pu lire !

prendre le conte de Cendrillon, qui est honnêtement l'un des pires en terme de leçon pour une femme "elle doit être belle et son rêve le + grand, son + grand épanouissement est de se marier à un homme" et en faire une version féministe et lesbienne VRAIMENT QUELLE IDÉE INCROYABLE !

Sophia est un personnage principal vraiment chouette, qui évolue si vite dans le bon sens mais sans que ça devienne irréaliste, elle accroît sa haine de Manford et ses hommes mais ne devient pas experte du maniement des armes en 2 semaines par exemple

puisqu'elle n'arrive à le tuer que parce qu'il est déjà affaibli et en galérant.

puis juste slay elle est lesbienne et trop mimi dans sa manière de décrire ses sentiments aaaaaazkdnd
j'ai beaucoup aimé Amina aussi, le grey character du livre et SI BIEN ÉCRITE.
Constance en revanche aurait pu être plus développée, on ne voit d'elle que sa haine des hommes (slay) et sa grande débrouillardise, mais du coup ça n'en fait pas un personnage si intéressant que ça au final.
et Manford est vraiment un méchant en puissance, sa manière immonde de traiter les femmes - et la manière immonde de beaucoup d'hommes du roman à traiter les femmes - n'est pas atténuée ou enjolivée (side eye au dark romance dégueu) : c'est décrit comme ce que c'est, de la misogynie et des VSS.

c'était une lecture empouvoirante dans un sens, et je trouve ça nécessaire de remanier les contes de fées comme ça.
cependant, j'ai trouvé les plots twists et le déroulé général de l'histoire très prévisibles, et c'est assez lent.
je déteste cette phrase mais : "c'est plusse du côté jeunesse du young-adult" (ce qui est une bonne chose!!!! le young-adult ne doit pas être de la littérature adulte déguisée pcq les personnages sont jeunes!!!! mais mes goûts perso font que je me suis un peu ennuyé.e là du coup).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

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