Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

8 reviews

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

An excellent reimagining of the story of Cinderella. Well-written young adult book about male entitlement, the oppression of women and girls, and the use of an important text to control an entire population's behaviours and values.

This is a fantastic standalone: characters introduced quickly but effectively giving you an understanding of who they are without any of the faff; topical themes of male violence and control over women; short chaptering; fast paced at times; I love how there is a definite Easter Egg in there for the author's other books.

Fell a bit short in the writing at times. I accept that it was YA so the teenage-friendly writing didn't bother me too much, I just felt like some of the sentences and paragraphs could have done with some restructuring in places.

The resolution happened very quickly in my opinion. The last 15-20% in general just felt like a sprint race to the final page and it wasn't as enjoyable.

Could have done with more cohesive worldbuilding and descriptions instead of character monologue, but for a YA it was an easy enough read and the kingdom's politics were easy enough to understand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

bethhstanley's review

adventurous hopeful reflective slow-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

3.0

I found myself saying "yeah we get it, move on" so many times. Honestly it was a great story but frustratingly slow and repetitive. The big revelations were clear throughout the book and i felt like either: Sophia was an absolute idiot for not figuring it out, or Bayron thinks the readers are idiots and needs to spell it out for us.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aexileigh's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Trafficking

quillify_'s review

adventurous inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

adhdpixie's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Lesbians taking down the patriarchy! I absolutely loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

spinescens's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry

aplatt's review against another edition

I found the plot too predictable and the characters incomplete. I think I might come back to it one day just to finish it, I was just frustrated that the plot had so much potential and it didn’t live up to my expectations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry