Reviews

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

estelleidekreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

abicaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

charlihammond's review against another edition

2.0

I really don't get the hype.

It took me until around 15% to even work out who the narrator was. The story didn't flow to me. It seemed to jump around with not much depth or description. There was barely any world building. There were also lots of characters mentioned and kind of dropped in the story with no real development.

I struggled to read this, and had it not been a book club read, I definitely would have DNF'd it.

arisyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicide

crabbylobster's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

janaowens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

believe123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

takey's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

alexreading's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

kyracaulfield's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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