Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

31 reviews

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

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

callenmecait's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

My interest in the story came and went for the first half, but once it truly began, I was craving the next twist. A story unlike any others I have read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death, Violence, Bullying, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

rat_girly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Bullying, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

nonidude's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

A good series start! I knew a twist was coming, but didn't have it figured out, so that's fun. :) The violent scenes are done well and explain the situation clearly without being overly grotesque. Excited to see how things progress!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Bullying

Minor: War, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, and Pregnancy

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Drug use

kokiribell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

tacopatty's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

This book was a chore to read. From the start, the writing style was awful. The amount of “l” statements read like a tween journal. The would building and story line were lovely (hence any stars at all) but I could not get over the writing. To make it worse, Jude was exhausting. I almost DNF but kept going hoping I might eventually like her. I didn’t. I was also hoping for an enemies-to-lovers romance, but it was just a lot of abuse, one sided bulling, and a kiss that didn’t feel authentic to the story. None of the forced “romance” felt authentic to the story. 
If I decide to continue with the series, it’s due to the bonus story at the end (a visit to impossible lands) where the prose improves significantly. But I likely won’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Kidnapping

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Abandonment, Incest, Pregnancy, Infidelity, War, Confinement, Infertility, and Kidnapping