Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

16 reviews

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Body horror, Cursing, War, Excrement, Abortion, and Confinement

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

sirkeili's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book started off in a way I've never seen books do before, in that the first chapter was a singular sentence. I was intrigued by how this story followed the old faerie tales style, dark and mysterious, but full of wit and charm. 

What broke my heart was Jude putting herself through hell, either in hopes to come out on top or to die in the process, because she felt she had no place in either world.  She doesn't care for her humanity, rather she hopes to rid herself of it one way or another. 

I do hope she gets what she is owed in the end; revenge against the man who slaughtered her family for the sake of his pride, and to put Locke in his place. I hope her plan to protect Oak works, and even if he doesn't become king, he realizes the sacrifices she made for him.

This book subtly made me fall back in love with faerie tales, the ones who's ending is ambiguous and who's story unravels slowly and yet all at once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Bullying, Classism, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Confinement, Blood, Alcohol, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Body shaming, and Dysphoria

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Alcohol, and Bullying

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

eh. lots of straight peopled doing straight people things. the characters are repetitive and the situations are as well. the writing style is enjoyable but the plot was a little too predictable for my taste. sometimes it seemed as if there was just cruelty for cruelty's sake instead of actually being a motivator. i also didn't like how almost every character was white... they're fairies, mythical beings, and you choose caucasian? the fairy characters also don't act much different than humans. there's honestly nothing keeping them apart except for eternal life, and i wanted to see more from that. the conflicts seemed to be heavily teen drama centered instead of political conflict based, the actuality of saving a kingdom, or heavier themes. i feel like the author created an interesting world but then failed to adequately utilize it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

librariesoflindsey's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Violence, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Confinement