Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Wicked King by Holly Black

85 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, and Slavery

Minor: Infertility, Incest, Grief, Child abuse, and Bullying

eggfartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Death, Alcohol, Confinement, Violence, Blood, War, Abandonment, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Murder

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, War, Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Torture

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Death, Child abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, War, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

srk001's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

My favourite of the trilogy. A good balance between the political intrigue and the romance (more a subplot). Loved the banter and gradual change in feelings. Too bad it didn't carry into the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Deportation, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

This is my second time reading “The Wicked King,” but my first time listening to it on audiobook. 

The second book in Holly Black’s “Folk of the Air” series is a rich fantasy story that balances the wonder of fairyland with its dark mythology. 

The first book in the series, “The Cruel Prince,” took its time to establish the world and let the readers get to know the characters. While the build up was slower than some might expect, it offered more solid ground for Black to be able to further the trilogy’s plot in “The Wicked King.” 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Murder, War, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Vomit, Torture, Classism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

kynthebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

This was an outright masterpiece honestly. I loved it, the twists and turns, the way the plot completely surprises you, the writing, and the characters were all absolutely fantastic to read. A wonderful sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Drug use

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

I'm so glad I decided to stick with the series, this book was totally worth it! The 'enemies to lovers' trope is done well for once, because can you call someone your enemy without them having tried to kill you? The plot twists, the betrayals!! *chef's kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder and Torture

Minor: War and Sexual content

syerrajc's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

If you like plot-heavy fantasy you will love this, if you enjoy character development or romance you will not....   

The ending was disappointing, with very little character development for Cardan, I thought he had changed and then turns around to fuck her over again, i am also annoyed at Jude's attitude overall by the end

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping