Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

391 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

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

savybanana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Cursing, Blood, Death, Gore, Death of parent, and Grief

rchulin1's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Slavery, Classism, and Child abuse

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

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

4.0

I wanted to give up early on, but told myself I'd give it until the end of the first third. It picked up right around 1/3 of the way through, and wound up being better than I had expected. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Classism, and Gore

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Torture, and War