Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

84 reviews

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, Sexism, and Misogyny

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

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

lucytoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexism, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

emilily's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-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

4.0

While this book is far from perfect (the pacing is a bit off, and there are certainly a few plot holes), it is generally a fun read. This reminagined telling of Cinderella centres queer teens, and makes some important (and tragically still relevant) critiques of the patriarchy and blind acceptance of historical narratives. One of the better YA reinventions of Cinderella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Confinement, and Homophobia

roodborstje's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Wow this was… not good. I obviously agree with the central message (lesbians good patriarchy bad), but the book conveyed it with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. It was a whole lot of tell and very little show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

woolgathering_jane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

 “The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.” 

I had high hopes for this book, but it was so... bland. It felt like the main character was just pushed from place to place for most of the book, parts of the story felt strangely disconnected, and for some reason, everyone seemed unmotivated. I guessed most of the story and the one plot twist I didn't see coming felt so casually revealed. The romance was definitely the best part (apart from the stunning cover)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death

Minor: Confinement and Blood

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Trafficking

Minor: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Classism, and Confinement

reviewsandreadathons's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Homophobia

Minor: Animal death

fairy_internet's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, and Murder

wanderonwards's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Kidnapping

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