Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

106 reviews

em1ani'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

hhwak's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Was so uncomfortable the majority of the book, but reading Jude's character development got me through.

Locke's character was so obviously an asshole from the start, it would have been nice to actually believe that he was ever into her.

The development of Cardan and Jude was also a highlight.

I hated Cardan so much and was so worried that they'd try to do a redemption arch on him, I was so glad that the way the author makes Jude and Cardan work together is by making her horrible to him too. A refreshing scene where she becomes a morally grey protagonist.

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Content Warnings

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

gabi_w21's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

DNF’ed around 15%. But with Jude acting like a stubborn idiot despite knowing it could get her seriously injured and Cardan not having any redeemable qualities, I gave up. Jude seemed much more concerned about if her sister slept with someone and ogling Cerdsn than anything. It wasn’t “enemies to lovers,” to me. Cardan and his buddies were just sociopathic abusers to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Gaslighting

balluna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Words can't describe how much I love this book.

And there are so many plottwists, holy

The ending is absolutely stunning and HAS to be one of my favourite endings ever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Abortion, and War

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Incest

saola7's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

delle_jpg's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective

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

3.75

You need quite a few chapters to get into it (the narrator is quite immature) but once the plot is unfolding you ll get hooked. Idk why exactly but I feel like the vibes are similar to the ones of Percy Jackson if you ve read that as a teen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

katievallin's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

The world-building is interesting. However, I really didn’t enjoy this book overall because of the way abuse is handled. I don’t care how physically attractive someone is: there is nothing sexy about abuse. And trauma is neither sexy nor an excuse for abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

marc_le's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Alcohol

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder