Reviews

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

remmslupin's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

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

2.0

samantha_the_ninth's review against another edition

4.0

Engaging and with enough twists from the traditional fairy tale to keep you on your toes. Also a frankly terrifying reflection on men in power

ms_read's review against another edition

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

sl0wread3r's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Buku ini tuh bercerita tentang Sophia yang mencoba 'keluar' dari kungkungan normalitas di Lille, di bawah rezim kekuasaan monarki raja-nya. It's so fun to read this. Full of women empowerment and alot of bravery. Romance-!ya juga ga mengganggu. I really enjoy reading this book.

robinhood2000's review against another edition

3.0

It’s obvious that it’s the authors first book but still pretty enjoyable to read. I Do think that the beginning was better and that it gradually got worse. The characters had no idea what they were doing yet still had this childlike conviction to go kill the king like it would be so easy. The end was also lose. How did the magic work? I have no idea. I like when there’s a LGBTQIA+ love story/ storyline without it saying on the back,afterall it is just normal love. But the story felt I don’t know, not thought through. Why was Constance just lurking in the grave vault to begin with? Everything was weird. And at first I thought that I would be up for rereading it again but it’s just not interesting or complicated enough that I will forget any bit of the story.

callieju's review against another edition

3.0

Not my fav, it was good but it felt predictable and a little simplistic, i feel like if i read this when i was 11-13 i would’ve loved it though! probably just not the right age for me

raxorrr's review against another edition

2.0

3.75


Really loved the way this retelling worked. It was super different to usual retellings, I thought it would be a Cinderella story but instead Cinderella would be a POC yet it was like Cinderella's story has already happened about 200 years earlier and now the people are using Cinderella's story like a religious text and are applying it to their lives but is Cinderella's story really as it seems...?

maggiems's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-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

fizzy_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

chrysannia's review against another edition

3.0

I love Sophia and Constance relationship,and how they teamed up to go against the king.The ending was so good ,I love how it ended with Sophia rewriting the story. I wish liv was still alive and we could see Luke have the relationship he couldn’t have before.