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heather667's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Gore, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Body horror, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Child abuse
Minor: Suicide
peggy_racham's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Grief, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny
skye_era_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Cinderella is Dead shows a dark twist to our beloved Disney version of Cinderella. The people of Lille are under the rule of a very cruel king who demands that everyone lives by his rules and the rules of the Cinderella story. Girls and women are forced to go to the ball, where men will either choose them or they will be forfeited. But Sophia wants to put a stop to this. She does not want a husband, and she intends to save herself and the people of Lille from the king’s reign.
I absolutely loved Sophia and Constance’s relationship, and loved
Moderate: Vomit, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Homophobia, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
melist6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Outing and Adult/minor relationship
mushmysteriesandmore's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
I loved the two leads in this book. Sophia does not want to be chosen by a man at the mandatory royal ball, she doesn’t want to be beholden to a man, like every other woman in her town. This town is completely backward in its treatment of women, they should be seen and not heard, all women have a curfew of 8 pm and at the age of sixteen they are legally bound to attend the royal ball in the hope of being chosen by a man to be their wife, otherwise, their lives are forfeit into servitude or worse.
This book was brilliant, I was completely hooked from start to finish. I loved the new take on the old fairy tale and how our heroine Sophia refused to accept the laws passed down for centuries. Her fledgling romance with Constance, a descendant of one of the ‘evil’ stepsisters is wonderfully innocent but passionate.
The plot will have you swinging this way and that as you try to figure out what is happening. There are a few weird and dark moments (necromancy for one) but all in all, this book was one of my favourites so far this year.
Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Death, and Violence
Necromancygbrds762's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Vomit, Physical abuse, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Murder, Animal death, Classism, Grief, Death, Suicide, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Trafficking
madyou's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Classism, Death of parent, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Body shaming
ttlymental's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Classism
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexism, Death, and Homophobia
Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse
emilyisgrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Body horror