Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

56 reviews

elisask's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts

anikaandaj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Bullying

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Body horror, and Self harm

ali_debookness's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Gore, Self harm, Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, Suicide attempt, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Vomit, and War

matea_brncic's review against another edition

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? N/A

4.0

huh this was unexpected 
My conclusions after reading this book are 3: I want to be Jude, I want to know Cardan and this book is definitely made to be part of the trilogy and here's why: the book is amazing, i love the characters and the setting is mind blowing (I enjoyed every second of the descriptions). The plot however gets heavier only at about 75% of the book and even though it does not end with a cliff hanger, not everything is really sorted out and there is much more to the story, so i guess this first part is just an intro to the world and political systems.
Personally I really enjoyed the reading process and the author's writing, but some parts just felt like they didn't belong in the story and were very slow soo yes sorry but 4 stars. I am about to continue this series and everyone says the sequels are way better so i have high hopes for the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Murder, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

booksmoviesandstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, and Violence

maibui's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and Self harm

lucia_without_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

I loved most of it. Especially past 100 pages. But there is just some little things that annoyed me or didn't feel right. Overall nice book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Child abuse

itsocchiolism's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

-14 year old me would have absorbed this in four hours, probably
-political plot lines, spying, murder, betrayal, plot twists, enemies to lovers!!!! so many great things about it
-characters were infuriatingly fun. i wanted to hate some of them but,,, i still kind of loved them
-the way it ended !! i’m very excited to continue the series

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm

ratschel9'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Hab das hier das erste mal deutlich mehr gemocht (und die Exposition hat mich zu Tode gelangweilt), aber ich liebs immer noch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

sameehaha's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The first 30 ish pages took me FOREVER to get through, but after that, it picks up pretty quickly. I liked Jude (even though she made me very nervous), Carden started growing on me right at the end, and I quickly started to dislike Taryn after her relationship with Jude changed (which I thought was unnecessary and didn't largely affect the plot YET). Overall it was a good book and kept me entertained pretty much the entire time, so I appreciate that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Self harm