Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

699 reviews

e_emmaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Bullying, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Slavery, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Trafficking

abrataydabra's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I’m… really not sure if I liked this book very much. I think part of the reason is that I had heard the names Jude and Cardan before so, I was half expecting them to get together before the end of the book and when they didn’t I was a little confused. This was also my first time listening to an audiobook of this genre which was a little weird for me. I think the narrator did a good job, I just didn’t think the voices she gave to certain characters really fit what I would have given them if I had just read the book like I normally do. I think I’m going to give the rest of the series a try, but in my preferred format, and see how I feel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: War

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

The hype around this series honestly kind of stopped me from picking it up for a while but after reading this first book I can officially say that I am a fan! I was expecting more of a focus on the romance but honestly I love that it’s not a focal point and that the political drama is the main thing here. It was super interesting and I’m really glad that I finally read it; now I’m ready to get to the next one (as soon as my library has it available)!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

nexusthegreat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.0

Solid introduction into the series. I always love a badass main character! Plus the world of Faerie is so interesting to learn about :O. As of this book my favorite character is Vivi and I won’t disclose my least favorite for spoiler purposes…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content and War

jackalest's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted 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

Every single thing that I wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Murder

cloudysky123's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

The book is a must read for fantasy lovers my fav fantasy read so far this year this is epic shit really!!! Pls I'm begging everyone to read this atleast once guys

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Cursing, War, Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Violence

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Grief

Minor: Drug use

peaches_are_the_best's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

1.75

Predictable and boring but I hear the 2nd book in the series is better so that’s something I guess

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

yuidf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting