Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

210 reviews

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I thought this was a different way of ending the series. Going into the book, the other two books whilst feeling different were more tied together in their political drama angle of the book. This felt different to as it was less focused on the political aspect, and more on the fantastical areas. This lead to what felt like it went pretty fast read once we got back in the world of Faerie.
Whilst I would have liked more political drama in this book, I think this fantastical view fits much better as anything more political might have felt too much like the second book. I still had a lot of fun with this book and thought it still had solid characters and interactions that drew me into the series to begin with. I could also see how the ending ties into the the spin off series around Oak. I thought it was fun to see. I really liked how everything was wrapped up and it felt like a happy ending but also a realistic one for this world.

I can see why people didn't want to leave this world once they finished the series. It has just been a lot of fun reading and following these characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: War and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content and Infidelity

kjm19's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, and War

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Cannibalism, War, Blood, Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Torture

orakuruno's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

This series was an absolute joy to read. I never thought I would love fantasy politics as much as I have through these books. I do wish there was a tad more substance to Jude and Carden's romance, but overall the entire series was interesting and didn't leave me once wanting to put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

katyreb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

Beautiful relationships built and solidified in this book. Full of tenderness in between the violence and horror. The climax ended more quickly than I expected, and a few character arcs seemed to fully change direction from the previous books, but overall an extremely satisfying ending to a fantastic trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

jooniethemoonie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

what a great way to finish a series! Jude and Cardan are just omgg 🤩👑

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

there's a spicy scene in it! vaguely descriptive, but just enough so you know what's going on. it does a fade to black in addition to her rambling.

saretta02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

avidreader24's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: War, Violence, and Murder

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