Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

106 reviews

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny relaxing sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and War

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Addiction, Gore, Mental illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

princessrory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

nickoliver's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: War

sempiterne's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

schenajja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

morriganorgana's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

The first time I tried reading this book in roughly 2019, I found it incredibly difficult to get past a certain scene (Chapter 7) as it was quite triggering. Because of this, I initially DNFed the book, gave it 1 star, and shoved it out of my mind. After a few years I decided to give it another go, and I'm really, really glad I did. 

This time I skipped the chapter I knew would upset me (thanks to another reader who helpfully looked up which chapter for me), and it was an entirely different experience. The character growth throughout the book is great, and the more you sink into the world the more you can appreciate every act and word.

Worldbuilding is brilliant, and Black uses so much faerie folklore in the series that it felt like I wasn't dipping into a new world, but walking into an ancient one that I already knew. I was so excited to see redcaps given so much love too, as their lore originates from the Scottish-English border near where I'm from, so seeing a character from a Redcap's household was a fantastic surprise. 

Overall a great book, and I'm so glad to say that the series only gets better from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Murder

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enbiace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Body shaming, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, and War

leahslitlibrary's review against another edition

4.5

This was a really well written fantasy, and I like how the author drew from actually mythology about Fae to create the story. The political intrigue was beautifully done. I will say that I think it was mismarketed because I thought it was a fantasy romance, TikTok really hyped up the enemies-to-lovers theme. While there is a romance subplot, it is nowhere near being the main plot of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping and Alcohol

hhllmm77's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder