Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

22 reviews

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

stripy_gloves's review against another edition

• 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: Homophobia, Violence, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing

ms_read's review

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

melist6'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Outing

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Slavery, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review

Ugh, whats with all the man hate. 

As a feminist, I get wanting to tear down the patriarchy, but why is every man (except for the queer ones) in this book a misogynistic abusive ass? We know better than this. 

Also, the mc’s perspective on anything and everything is whiny and unintelligent… gross

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Outing, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, and Abandonment

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Police brutality, and Grief

pkc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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? No

5.0

I bought this on a bit of a whim in 2021 thinking “why not indulge in another subversion of the Cinderella fairytale?” but I guess…like there’s no other subversion worth consuming. This is it. 

Holy crap I LOVED this story.

The protagonist was so engaging, so strong but proudly showed her vulnerabilities. The villain made my skin crawl. The love interests were fully formed characters in their own right who didn’t just serve to enhance the protagonists story. Representation was incredible (a POC MC, very queer).

Around the tail end of last year, I saw someone do a list of reading icks that they’d hope might be left in 2022. One of them was adults reading young adult books, as if it was somehow a lower class of read that shouldn’t be indulged. It really rankled me when I saw it as a 33 year old lover of YA and books like this beautifully explain why. 

This a story, aimed at young adults, that is absolutely about using your voice to speak out against oppression. It’s not the manic pixie dreamgirl or feelingsy guy that you find in the stereotypes that the genre is wrongly thought to comprise of exclusively. 

Sophia is a strong, ferocious human being who is guided by and intently focused on the right thing to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

perscoot's review

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

The idea behind this story is extremely compelling, but unfortunately it all comes across a bit ham fisted. There's very little subtlety, and the main character never has to struggle much against her beliefs. She also has very little empathy for others who are struggling within the fascist society of the setting, which seems to be supported by the narrative. I think this book could have been really good, but unfortunately there's nothing for the reader to think about. Maybe this is the right book for someone else out there, but unfortunately the further I got into the book the more of a slog it became to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Outing

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