Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

15 reviews

lyd41's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.25

I still really liked this book. No major downsides! It definitely could have been longer. This series really got me into political fantasy. As a final statement: I hope they all get some SERIOUS therapy after this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, War, Abortion, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

aidamaria_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I’m a little sad the Folk of the Air trilogy is over. Luckily there’s still one more book about the High King of Elfhame for me to read! The Queen of Nothing was another dazzling part of the story and I love how there were so many plot twists to begin with! I could finally go back to not hating certain characters in peace again. Another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5 out of 5 stars) from me!

I do wish we could have seen more from Cardan through this story though. Holly Black could write a whole book about just him interacting with Jude and her family and I’d read it at least twice.

And Jude, I want to be like Jude. Usually you imagine yourself as the main character so you can fall in love with the dashing male protagonist but I’d actually want to be her because she is so cool and brave and strong and cunning. 🗡🐍

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, and War

whoisjazmin's review

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

safety_pin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

jessicaa_'s review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Violence