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A review by fossilreads
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
tense
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
A refreshing twist on a classic fairytale! The LGBTQ+ representation was so lovely to read and the diversity (and how normal it is) in characters was just refreshing for me. (I've only recently gotten back to reading and started paying attention to how used to I was to everything being so white and straight.) These made the whole book much more relatable to me.
I enjoyed the worldbuilding and meeting all the characters of this story, the pacing was really to my taste in the beginning. With that said, I did feel like the end was rushed. Some of the dialogue felt a bit like forced explaining/feeding the reader an idea to ponder. It might be good for readers that are only getting into analysing what they read to wake that curiosity to look into the characters or story deeper, but just didn't hit the spot for me personally.
The book makes it very clear how easily people in power can erase and change history by silencing the ones that know and writing a new version. The oppression of women is a huge theme in this story and I hate how much we can relate to it in the real world too.
I enjoyed the worldbuilding and meeting all the characters of this story, the pacing was really to my taste in the beginning. With that said, I did feel like the end was rushed. Some of the dialogue felt a bit like forced explaining/feeding the reader an idea to ponder. It might be good for readers that are only getting into analysing what they read to wake that curiosity to look into the characters or story deeper, but just didn't hit the spot for me personally.
The book makes it very clear how easily people in power can erase and change history by silencing the ones that know and writing a new version. The oppression of women is a huge theme in this story and I hate how much we can relate to it in the real world too.