Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

53 reviews

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

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

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

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

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

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

Hooked from the beginning! I devoured this book, so engaging and fast paced. A unique retelling that lived up to the hype! The plot twist caught me completely by surprise, it was so well done.

The only “negatives” that I didn’t completely love (but didn’t keep this from being a 5 star) was the romance and a couple of predictable plot points. The romance was just okay for me, it felt a bit insta lovey. As for the plot points/reveals, I predicted two of them almost immediately 😂🥲

Overall it was a quick, entertaining read! Highly recommend for those that also enjoy retellings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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