Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

62 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

sanne_vds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Moderate: Murder and Body horror

Minor: Animal death

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

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

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

paigeno's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

loongbooy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.5

I was not expecting how oppressive this culture would be! This isn't really a retelling, more of a continuation and re-imagining of the Cinderella story. Sophia doesn't want to marry any man, let alone one who would likely abuse her. I admire her conviction and how she stands up for what she wants. This turned into a quest story, which I also was not expecting lol, but I loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Grief, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

lucy12345's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sandy_21's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Kidnapping