Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

20 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

carochacord's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse, Trafficking, Death, Classism, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Bullying, Outing, Child death, and Pedophilia

patslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

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

boekentrol's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Outing, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, and Vomit

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

cameronreads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

3.75

I don't know whether this is technically a four-star book, but it pleasantly surprised me and I had a lot of fun so that's what it's getting (except five minutes later I've booted it down to 3.75). It was a fairly quick read, and kept me engaged the entire time. I really liked the main character Sophia; she was badass and took what she wanted, and had clear character growth throughout the book. I loved how clearly she communicated with everyone throughout this book - I hate the miscommunication trope so much and this was practically the opposite of that. I liked the romance between her and Constance, even if it was a little bland sometimes it's just nice to read an uncomplicated romance, and it's always nice to see lesbian rep. The plot was fairly basic but enjoyable and engaging, and there were definitely some twists I didn't expect! As a retelling it worked quite nicely as well, I've never seen a retelling where the source material is history within the book. I had a few issues with the villain, who's motives weren't very clear and seemed to keep changing, but from what I could gather was a mixture of extreme sexism stemming from being denied once and wanting to live for a really long time? Overall not the best book, but good for a fun, quick read with a splattering of badass feminist lesbians. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Outing, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Outing

zojkajacenko's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

OMG, THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ! IT IS MY NEW ALL-TIME FAVOURITE!!!! I BASICALLY UNDERLINED THE WHOLE BOOK!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Outing, Rape, and Sexual assault

luna_is_superior's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing book that explores hard hitting current issues like misogyny and domestic abuse, it showcases tyranny, injustice and oppression and how they're overcome. Beautiful feminist literature which sets a great example for young girls/women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship