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Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

163 reviews

kaiden1565's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

saskiahill's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

snowielazuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

3.5

This book is good for a YA public looking for fantasy and a more adult take on a classic fairy tale. 

The characters are young and it translates in the way they act sometimes, but what's going on around them can be a little gory (without too much details though), so watch out for trigger warnings if needed. 

Don't go thinking it's a big world build, but it's just enough for the story to make sense, in that little region where everything goes on. It's fast but everything you need to know is there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

luzies's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

A book you can easily read in a few days. It was a very enjoyable and quick read for me. At some points I felt like the book was trying too hard, but it didn’t bother me too much. It has nice twists and is an original, wholesome story. Would recommend to anyone who’s searching for a story with a fantasy touch and a (queer) romance sub- plot. If you like retellings, this might be a very good fit for you, too :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation

rose_thorn2020's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

I enjoy books that take our classic fairytales and twist them, look at them from a different perspective and weave an entirely different story. I particularly enjoy how Kalynn Bayron explores how much of a negative impact fairytales can have on a society, something I have often thought about. 

We are fed these stories about lives, people, how they do and should live, from a very young age. When, in reality, they are idealistic, narrow minded and unrealistic. Not every girl is going to grow up to find and marry the man of her dreams, have children and live a perfect life she loves as a home maker. But these stories don't show us any diversity or inclusion of any kind. Children learn from fairytales and I don't think our typical fairytales are teaching anything useful and I love the way Kalynn explores this in Cinderella is Dead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yalestay's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Murder

a_sleepy_berry's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chilldopecrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting