Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

50 reviews

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed it, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Not the worst, not the best. The second and the third books are better thought, so whort reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

broke_but_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, War, Toxic relationship, and Murder

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

glad to know what this book was finally about (since it was so popular when it came out) - which was nothing really... it had a bad ratio of character thoughts to plot (not really good world building either). the main problem was obvious but i liked the twist at the end. it is just not that amazing tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Violence

scarlettx's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

kaymar04'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, and Sexual harassment

natvcampos's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

sammyx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Stalking, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Body shaming

mf99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.75

i finished this book two months ago but i still think about it daily. 
i was a huge hunger games/twilight fan back in the day. i also loved harry potter growing up. as i've recently dived back into the fantasy reading world, this is the only book series that can hold a candle to my childhood favorites. oh my god. it's just SO beautiful. so amazingly written, so visually completed, so tense, so powerful. the characters are so fleshed out and unique. im not kidding when i say i've had multiple dreams about cardan.

took off .25 stars off for the tail, if he didn't have that, this would be flawless

no one is doing it like holly black!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Gore, and Stalking