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The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

8 reviews

patchthecat's review

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adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

OH MY GOODNESS! Im so glad I read this book. It's so damn beautiful and I really didn't see the plotwists coming. The ending was perfect, the last line summarised Oak and Wren's whole relationship perfectly.

I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE FINALLY GETTING MARRIED YESSS!!!!!


"Why does anyone want anyone else?" Tiernan answers. "We do not love because people deserve it - nor would I want to be loved because I was the most deserving of some list of candidates. I want to be loved for my worst self as well as my best. I want to be forgiven my flaws."


This book was so fun and tense and crazy. This is exactly why Holly Black is my favourite author ❤ The characters were so loveable and unique I loved them all. Oak was an incredibly interesting main character to read about and to see his perspective on things was really cool. Absolutely loved this book. ❤❤❤❤
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callidoralblack's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
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aysha_blake's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

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randirush's review

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adventurous 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

3.0

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bloomingrose92's review

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challenging dark mysterious sad slow-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

3.5

I absolutely loved "The Stolen Heir", and have been waiting all year for "The Prisoner's Throne" to come out. My disappointment was doubled by this anticipation. "The Prisoner's Throne" was a fine book, but lacking the depth that "The Stolen Heir" gave. Oaks is another one of Black's character's that I never particularly liked in the original series, and despite the extra characterization in this book, failed to feel like a fully-fleshed out human. Most of the conflict in the book comes from his doubling-back on decisions, which is a writing choice I despise. After rereading excepts from "The Wicked King", it was disappointing to see how far this series has fallen. Perhaps things will look up in the next series, given the return to Jude and Cardan. They were the highlight of this book, and a couple that Black has fleshed out fully. 
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freckledlife's review

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lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Black’s writing is great, as always! I was a bit disappointed in the story, though. The book felt like a “filler episode” with a rushed ending instead of a solid conclusion to a duology.
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courtyshorty's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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folkofthebook's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Oak knew what wanting the throne did to people. He would never be like that.

it's actually incredibly unfair that elfhame isn't real, and holly must be a love talker bc she made me not only love a guy w a tail, but a guy with HOOVES too !!!!!!

the way i DEVOURED this. getting oak's perspective was a delightful switch up, i actually adore him even more thanks to this book. jurdan appearances are fun and exciting, and i enjoy madoc SO MUCH as a character. dad and daddy lol. i feel like this did an excellent job of confronting the complexity of their family.

i wish i had reread the stolen heir before this to refresh my memory on some things, bc i wasn't sure how much we as the readers were supposed to have known throughout this. regardless, i enjoyed the mystery and the pining on oak's behalf.

i will always love being in elfhame. i might be a little idealistic in thinking we may be getting more elfhame stories in the future, but a girl can dream.

spoiler for a side character's fate [if i had a nickel for every time a character got turned into a tree... well i'd only have two nickels but crazy that it happened twice lololol (hide spoiler)]

“So advise me—I wish to be obeyed, even if I cannot be loved.”

Wren saw things that were far more terrifying and cruel than anything he witnessed. And perhaps somewhere inside her, she is coming to learn that she can be all the things that once scared her.

“We do not love because people deserve it—nor would I want to be loved because I was the most deserving of some list of candidates. I want to be loved for my worst self as well as my best. I want to be forgiven my flaws.”
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