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Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

31 reviews

bethhstanley's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I found myself saying "yeah we get it, move on" so many times. Honestly it was a great story but frustratingly slow and repetitive. The big revelations were clear throughout the book and i felt like either: Sophia was an absolute idiot for not figuring it out, or Bayron thinks the readers are idiots and needs to spell it out for us.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexism, Homophobia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Slavery, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

I enjoy books that take our classic fairytales and twist them, look at them from a different perspective and weave an entirely different story. I particularly enjoy how Kalynn Bayron explores how much of a negative impact fairytales can have on a society, something I have often thought about. 

We are fed these stories about lives, people, how they do and should live, from a very young age. When, in reality, they are idealistic, narrow minded and unrealistic. Not every girl is going to grow up to find and marry the man of her dreams, have children and live a perfect life she loves as a home maker. But these stories don't show us any diversity or inclusion of any kind. Children learn from fairytales and I don't think our typical fairytales are teaching anything useful and I love the way Kalynn explores this in Cinderella is Dead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Classism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Trafficking, and War

meecespieces's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

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

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

jana07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Slavery

antinanco's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexism, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, War, Grief, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Cannibalism, Cursing, and Slavery

kayladaila's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Slavery

knunderb's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-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

3.5

The plot was unique and entertaining. However after

the big reveal that Cinderella's story was a lie, the plot became somewhat predictable, though the writing was still engaging.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Death of parent

alice__0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

4.25

Absolutely loved it!!
I felt like the ending was a bit rushed, would have loved one final chapter just to conclude it all a bit more. 
Loved the character interactions and plot, the ending was both surprising and predictable (if that makes sense), loved it regardless. 
It would be really nice to see a sequel, maybe based on other areas that were brought up that we also based on fairy tales!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, and Slavery