Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn

10 reviews

uvglopanda's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Cute short and fast. Felt more like reading a synopsis of a much bigger story and could have been far more fleshed out to become a longer read. 

Very little description of the world just...suddenly MAGIC! 

Read for the Trans Rights Read-a-thon and probably won't check out the other titles simply because not my length/detail/pace style. 

Finishing it in 2 days is a record for me.

Heads up for some triggering behavior!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Grief, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Bullying

Deadnaming/transphpbia is a MAJOR topic and unavoidable.

penandpages's review

inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Outing, Dysphoria, Bullying, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent

jennifervenia's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

“For the first time she could introduce herself how she wanted. She got to define her own self. And no one was going to stop her.”

A very enjoyable retelling of Cinderella.

I really liked Ella, Lily, Lizabetta and Heather. They were lovely characters, and I was cheering for them. 

There are some of the classic elements from Cinderella that had been changed, but it did not bother me.

Warning: deadnaming, outing, misgendering, fatphobia, body shaming, abuse, transphobia, homophobia, racism, bullying.

Advarsel: Brug af det forkerte navn og køn, afsløring af persons kønsidentitet (outing), transfobi, homofobi, racisme, mobning, vold i hjemmet, tykfobi, nedgørelse af persons krop.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Bullying, Body shaming, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Outing, and Racism

Brug af det forkerte navn og køn, afsløring af persons kønsidentitet (outing), transfobi, homofobi, racisme, mobning, vold i hjemmet, tykfobi, nedgørelse af persons krop.

abicaro17's review

lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This was really sweet! A quick read about Ella and Liz, a servant and a princess falling in love. Very sweet and a great happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Classism, Body shaming, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Outing

drastichopeful's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

I really, really enjoyed this book!  This is much more than a simple rewrite with a trans Cinderella and a princess instead of a prince.  I really liked the new events added to the plot, and I loved Ella as a character.

My only (minor) complaint is that some sections moved too quickly for me to figure out how they followed from what had happened in the story before

The scene were Ella is tossed out of her home

in particular was hard for me to read.  Then again, Ella probably also found that part hard and unexpected in that moment, so that may be intentional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Transphobia, Abandonment, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Minor: Death of parent

Most of the above content warnings are related to canon components of the Cinderella fairy tale. If you want some additional details about the transphobia and deadnaming,

Ella's stepmother and stepsisters are the only ones to deadname, bully, and misgender her.

No one else is transphobic, and multiple other characters are very accepting.

fuzzywilson's review

hopeful lighthearted sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Outing, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Transphobia

readingsofaslinky's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Outing

startjpw23's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is a retelling of Cinderella. The main character is trans. It was a short, fun read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Transphobia

sarah984's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine - I thought some parts of it were really sweet (for example the scene where Lilly helps Ella do her makeup in the bathroom) but other parts were a bit weird (for example a really long scene about eating sushi at the ball). The romance was kind of boring but I did like the tie in with the roses. I don't really get why the stepmother wanted Ella to wear a dress to the ball in the first place (like she says it's to humiliate her but if she wants to wear dresses and used to do so regularly why would it bother her?) and it probably would have worked better having her sneak out. There were also a few irritating typos. Overall though simple sweet story with a positive message.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Racism

f18's review

hopeful inspiring relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Outing, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Violence, Fatphobia, and Body shaming