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I really enjoyed this book. It was a fantasy that felt mixed with dystopian almost. I read this as part of a reading group and didn’t go in with high hopes. However, I soon fell in love with the writing, the story and the amazing characters. I would highly recommend this fairytale retelling.
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
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Cinderella has been dead for over 200 years. And yet her story is still told generations later to the people of Lille. Cinderella followed the rules for women. Cinderella was obedient to her husband and ruler, Prince Charming. All girls should follow her example. But Sophia does not want to. She wants to live life her own way and change the rules.
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Let me start by saying that even though I did not read the synopsis of this beforehand and have no leg to stand ...more
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Cinderella has been dead for over 200 years. And yet her story is still told generations later to the people of Lille. Cinderella followed the rules for women. Cinderella was obedient to her husband and ruler, Prince Charming. All girls should follow her example. But Sophia does not want to. She wants to live life her own way and change the rules.
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Let me start by saying that even though I did not read the synopsis of this beforehand and have no leg to stand ...more
Retelling are one things I love and I would have said more Cinderella ones have been done but this one had such a great original idea. The idea of taking a beloved tale and making it so twisted worked really well.
There were some really interesting characters and I wished they and their relationships had been flushed out a bit more. The pacing was a bit off for me as well, the ending came and wrapped out very quickly.
I do love Kalynn Bayron writing, it’s never hard to read and Sophia was a good ...more
There were some really interesting characters and I wished they and their relationships had been flushed out a bit more. The pacing was a bit off for me as well, the ending came and wrapped out very quickly.
I do love Kalynn Bayron writing, it’s never hard to read and Sophia was a good ...more
A solid 3.5 stars, rounded up for the originality of this story.
Cinderella is Dead is something of a twisted tale. It takes the Cinderella story we know and turns it upside down with a darker spin. It also takes our childhood princess longings and adds a solid dose of grown up awareness to it. You know how, as we get older, we look back on the princess movies of our youth and realize that they were ripe with unattainable expectations of a fairytale life? Well, Cinderella is Dead is the book that ...more
Cinderella is Dead is something of a twisted tale. It takes the Cinderella story we know and turns it upside down with a darker spin. It also takes our childhood princess longings and adds a solid dose of grown up awareness to it. You know how, as we get older, we look back on the princess movies of our youth and realize that they were ripe with unattainable expectations of a fairytale life? Well, Cinderella is Dead is the book that ...more
Dec 15, 2020
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Jan 11, 2020
Lindsay
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Kat Hodges
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