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aureolyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
“To everyone who’s ever felt that they’re not enough”
I loved this book. I thought the messages were strong and good. I really liked how the author made the distinction between being pretty and being beautiful. Being pretty was just about a person’s appearance. Obviously there’s pretty privilege but once we got to know the characters, we can see how their passions and personalities shine and make them so beautiful. I also like the idea of breaking out of molds and finding oneself. Great character development makes me weak. The more I got to know the characters the more attached and invested I was. Anyways, if you haven’t already guessed this is a twisted tale of the famous Cinderella story but this story follows her stepsisters after the original fairytale. It’s filled with a rollercoaster of emotions that I’m still working through as I’m trying to form my thoughts here. It starts pretty dark and the insertion of chance and fate was a bit confusing. I think their introduction could’ve been better which is why this isn’t 5 stars but as we got to know the characters and as the story unfolded, it started to make more sense. Lastly, I also liked that all the characters were flawed. It makes them so much more human and that much more relatable.
Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Blood, Bullying, and Animal cruelty
Body mutilation, appearance shaming_book_girl_82_'s review against another edition
felt really slow to develop
got bored 🤷♀️
Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Gore
freewings21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, War, Blood, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny
samiredden's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is a continuation of Cinderella from the point of view of one of the stepsisters, Isabelle. I had high hopes , I have an affinity for retellings from the point of view of the “bad guy”. This book delivered.
Not only was I given an incredibly unique storyline, but the digs at societal standards and misogyny were so empowering.
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Body horror
angeldawn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: War and Blood
20sidedbi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Mental illness
maymoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, and Grief
spinkysaurus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Self harm, War, and Sexism
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Self harm
This is a darker retelling and the beginning describes a lot of the more graphic portions of the original Grimm telling of Cinderella. In addition it has a lot of perceived gender roles being forced upon people who do not want them.yunnie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Special Note:
Love that Queen Elizabeth I's Speech to the Troops at Tilbury is quoted accurately.
<Also, the contributions of Yennega, Abbakka Chowta, and Abhaya Rani are included in this chapter to further inspire Isabelle>
Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, and Misogyny
greymalkin's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I particularly liked that Isabelle really was pretty awful.
The weakest part was the whole Fate/Chance bit. Honestly most of their interactions could have been removed without harming the book. It didn't seem like either of them really held to any real rules, or at least the ones that worked on them seemed a little arbitrary. Fate agrees not to interfere and then immediately tries to rewrite Isabelle's fate map the first chance she gets. Huh? So Fate can edit them anytime? And if Chance had the right inks he could do so himself? So what are their powers exactly then? And Fate never write in defiance or anything else proactive into the stories so we're to believe that all the famous villains and heroes are because of Chance? It felt like the entire framing story needed another few passes to make it integrate better with the actual story.
Moderate: Blood and Emotional abuse