Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

33 reviews

n0elle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Trafficking, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, 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: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Classism, Bullying, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Slavery, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Confinement, and Blood

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

Minor: Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Incest

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

I really liked this book! Holly Black sweeps you away into a magical world, and keeps you entranced the entire time! I was NOT expecting the twists and turns, which is good, because usually I can tell when something is about to happen in a book. Not the case with this one. I did see a spoiler on Tiktok so part of this book was spoiled, which makes me sad. If I hadn’t seen it, it would have been a total shock! Going into the book with a preconceived idea changed how I read it. I think I would have liked it more if I hadn’t seen the spoiler which is a shame. All the while, I loved the story and world building. It reminded me of a childhood daydream! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Murder, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Abandonment, Incest, Child death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Vomit, and War

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Abandonment, Incest, Pregnancy, Infidelity, War, Confinement, Infertility, and Kidnapping

nerdxordinaire's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

YA, but the plot and true enemies to lovers tension are SO well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

lynnloveshobi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Minor: War, Abandonment, Classism, Incest, and Colonisation

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

sinjinsladle's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Bullying

embla_v's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional

5.0

Spänning, överraskningar och förräderi, är bara början på denna makalösa fantasy bok. Den här boken överträffade mina förväntningar och jag kan knappt vänta på att få hem andra boken i serien. 

Boken handlar om Jude som fördes till Faerie som barn tillsammans med sina systrar. Som människa i Faerie blir hon mobbad men allt hon vill är att passa in. När Jude blir äldre inser hon att hon inte kommer på en plats i Faerie om hon inte skapar en själv men vägen till makt kantas av fara och förräderi, och Cardan, prins av Faerie, hotar allt som hon försöker bygga. 

En fantastisk spännande bok som jag definitivt rekommenderar. Den är på engelska och är för unga vuxna. Oerhört läsvärd!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment, Stalking, Pregnancy, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Trafficking