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The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

18 reviews

norastasia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Cursing

llcardenas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Violence

themichellegray's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I'm so sad to say that the finale in this Elfhame duology was a total letdown.

The writing & storytelling methods were subpar compared to what Holly Black has previously published. Oak and Wren's characterizations simply seemed like knock-offs of Cardan and Jude while their relationship and personal journey's seemed forced.

Overall, I struggled to get through this book and this duology didn't feel necessary. It's very clear Holly Black will be publishing another spin-off following Nicasia and these books were simply a bridge to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Toxic relationship

patchthecat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

OH MY GOODNESS! Im so glad I read this book. It's so damn beautiful and I really didn't see the plotwists coming. The ending was perfect, the last line summarised Oak and Wren's whole relationship perfectly.

I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE FINALLY GETTING MARRIED YESSS!!!!!

"Why does anyone want anyone else?" Tiernan answers. "We do not love because people deserve it - nor would I want to be loved because I was the most deserving of some list of candidates. I want to be loved for my worst self as well as my best. I want to be forgiven my flaws."

This book was so fun and tense and crazy. This is exactly why Holly Black is my favourite author ❤ The characters were so loveable and unique I loved them all. Oak was an incredibly interesting main character to read about and to see his perspective on things was really cool. Absolutely loved this book. ❤❤❤❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Torture, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

mariamj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So good! So so good! I couldn't put this book down. I'm actually upset that this book ended. I hope that Holly adds another book for these set of characters because we need more time with them! Two books isn't enough 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Blood

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Torture

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexual content, and War

stewartj0421's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

The pacing in this book was a bit off. I wasn’t truly captivated until around the 75% mark. That said, the ending of the book was phenomenal and more than made up for the slow pace throughout the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping and Murder

aysha_blake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, War, Gore, Blood, and Death

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture