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The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

17 reviews

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse

neatens's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

📖Queen of Nothing by Holly Black📖

✨Book Review✨

“With you, I am forever undone.”

This is the third book on “The Cruel Prince” series that follows Jude Duarte as the new High Queen of Elfhame. The story is more dangerous and tenacious. The political world was in chaos because of Cardan’s Reign and the prophecy. It was cunning yet I love every detail of it all. The betrayal probably is the most topic of it all. The slow burn sexual tension of Jude and Cardan was so frustrating. I thought there will be more since this was the last one but nothing. I expected so much but I was actually disappointed. But nonetheless, it was still such a great story.

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Content Warnings

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

rafacolog's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, War, Drug use, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

megchills's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

rylin_marie's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

i cant stop crying the ending was everything to me and i am so so so sad that this series has come to an end. i need it to go on forever. i am SOBBING. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Suicide, Vomit, War, Gore, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Deportation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Torture, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

molly_love's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book so much, it just took me almost 100 pages before I got really into it, and It might be because I took breaks in between reading but honestly this book was just amazing to read. It was so good that I didn't want to put it down but I also did because I didn't want to finish the book and the world, their characters and lives to all be over. But eventually I just sat down and read just over two hundred pages in one day cause that's how into the book I was. 

I would recommend reading the first two book first (obviously) to understand this book but I thoroughly enjoyed the writing, the character devolvement and the revel of traitors and the exciting but very welcomed twist and turns that were around every corner. I loved this book to bits and I would have given it 5 stars, but it just took me a while to fully get into it, but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who will listen to me talk about it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Alcohol, Misogyny, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Torture

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

After reading the first two books and rating them both five stars I was nervous this one would not hold up. While it was not my favorite of the trilogy it definitely held up and was an excellent conclusion to all of the story set up in the first two books. I had no lingering questions, and while I would always want more time with these characters I think it ended perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, War, Grief, Animal death, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

annorabrady's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Not even a third of the way through, I was certain this book would exceed my love for the first book and I was right. I love the growth of the characters and watching both Jude and Cardan learn how to shed the lessons they learned about themselves and love from their toxic parental figures, learn how to have ambition without greed, and learn how to find their strength in their vulnerabilities. I was reluctant to finish this book because I wasn't ready to say goodbye to this story. 

I truly love the inclusion of Ben, Hazel, and Severine as well as the inclusion of their lore. It was nice having references of them before. But to see them and have Jude interact with them was a great addition to the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

lynnloveshobi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Violence, and War