Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

171 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

kendra_taylors_version's review

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and War

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

Jude's life could have ended the same day as her parents'. But by a cruel turn of fate, she is instead taken away by her parents' murderer to Elfhame where she manages to grow up despite everything. Waiting for the day of her revenge. 
The hype was real. I'd be immune to it when the book came out and bookstagram erupted into cheer, but when it came back to the forefront in the past month I felt it was time to finally make my opinion. And I'm sorry to say it did not work for me. I'm glad this book is beloved and I can partly see why. But I never empathized with the characters and their motivations, I never fell under the spell of the atmosphere. It turns out my lack of interest for the book when it came out was justified. Who would have guessed? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

blackheart's review

adventurous slow-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

3.5

This was a good read but not quite what I was expecting. There was a lot more politics then what I was expecting. The adentures were fun. I'm not sure if I'll read the others in this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Pregnancy

inquesoitrust's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

zeloco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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

vale_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture and War

culzean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism