Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

22 reviews

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, and Outing

caitlin033's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Outing

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

carochacord's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Trafficking, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Outing

patslibrary's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, and Toxic friendship

neighborhoodbeanreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This may be just a me thing, I feel like the target audience is much younger than I had previously thought (I'm in my mid-twenties). It was pretty easy to follow, and frustratingly simple and predictable at times. It was a lovely re-telling, if gruesome at times. The MC was really annoying at first, and I didn't recognize much development in her until much later in the story-- still, it felt like she was the same from beginning to end, with marginal differences in development. Good read for a younger audience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Outing

boekentrol's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Outing

bedtimesandbooks's review

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cameronreads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

3.75

I don't know whether this is technically a four-star book, but it pleasantly surprised me and I had a lot of fun so that's what it's getting (except five minutes later I've booted it down to 3.75). It was a fairly quick read, and kept me engaged the entire time. I really liked the main character Sophia; she was badass and took what she wanted, and had clear character growth throughout the book. I loved how clearly she communicated with everyone throughout this book - I hate the miscommunication trope so much and this was practically the opposite of that. I liked the romance between her and Constance, even if it was a little bland sometimes it's just nice to read an uncomplicated romance, and it's always nice to see lesbian rep. The plot was fairly basic but enjoyable and engaging, and there were definitely some twists I didn't expect! As a retelling it worked quite nicely as well, I've never seen a retelling where the source material is history within the book. I had a few issues with the villain, who's motives weren't very clear and seemed to keep changing, but from what I could gather was a mixture of extreme sexism stemming from being denied once and wanting to live for a really long time? Overall not the best book, but good for a fun, quick read with a splattering of badass feminist lesbians. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Grief, and Outing

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 death and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Outing