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The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

10 reviews

smileyfacey_jacey's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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abso-fucking-lutely yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Death of parent

booklov3r5019's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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YET ANOTHER ABSOLUTE BANGER OF A BOOK COURTESY OF HOLLY BLACK.

C A R D A N  G R E E N B R I A R  AT IT AGAIN WITH HIS FREAKING HOTNESS. Jude at it again with her continual bad***ery (I'm just an innocent girl I can't bring myself to type it 💀). 

Only good thing Taryn ever did: KILL LOCKE. Oh my gosh that was just so beautiful of her I can't even describe it. And then Cardan revealing that he knew that it was Jude the moment she walked into his throne room or whatever? I FREAKING SCREAMED. OF COURSE HE CAN THIS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FREAKING FAERIE. I LOVE YOU. Anyway. THE LETTERS??????? I HATE HIS MOM FOR THAT. LITERALLY GET OVER YOURSELF LADY. I mean, Jude missed the opportunity to read this: "Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart if you must. Just come home." If I were Jude and Cardan told me that he wrote that to me, I would, like, immediately just start making out with him 💀.

Sorry for those of you that couldn't read that . . . I have more to rant about though.

Anyway, when the Bomb was stitching her back up and told Cardan to leave and he was just like: "This is my room. And that's my wife." I just died. I literally couldn't. And when Jude fell from the rafters or whatever and they were like freaking out because she was "banished" and Cardan said that she wasn't in exile, "She's my wife." or whatever? I also died THEN. Because how could I not?? And then. They had a little bit of sexy time and I was just like FINALLY. Because while I'm not encouraging it . . . it's just nice sometimes you know? And it wasn't crazy explicit. So. AND HIM TURNING INTO A FLIPPING SNAKE AND JUDE SOMEHOW BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT SHE COULDN'T JUST HAVE HIM BE HER SLAVE SO SHE MADE HERSELF CUT OFF HIS HEAD AND THEN HE CAME BACK AND THEY HUGGED WHILE HE WAS BLOODY AND NAKED?? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Literally couple goals, but anyway-

Again. Sorry that was so long. I don't know if anyone will even bother to read my rantings, but I guess I just needed to get that out. I think this is my favorite of the books because Jude and Cardan's relationship just takes a great turn, and I love that for them. A little bit of sexy content in chapter 27, but it's like barely even anything, so it's fine. No important dialogue, just a bit of giddiness from the reader lol.

ALSO ALSO ALSO. I FORGOT:

When Jude gets kidnapped again and then later figures out that WHEN Madoc came and kidnapped her, Cardan was panicking and he managed to kill some of the people using his Kingly Earth Powers™ and she also later figures out that Cardan WENT TO THE MORTAL WORLD AND FOUND HEATHER, OAK, AND VIVIENNE AND MADE THEM HELP HIM FIND JUDE??? AHHHHHHHH LITERALLY AMAZING.

But anyway. What we have learned today is that Jude and Cardan's relationship is to die for, their fan art is to die for (didn't talk abou this until now but it's fine), and Cardan is one intense Hottie™. GOOD DAY

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

chikyo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

bookishfads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Alcohol

About the graphic warnings

As always, Jude gets in a fair amount of trouble and gets hurt, there's vivid description of her injuries as well as her taking out the stitches. Other characters as well. A head of a huge animal gets chopped off and there's lots of blood. A child is being held in a magical bridle that sinks into their skin, clearly abused by their parents.

You probably know what the moderate one is about

aysha_blake's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Blood, War

arialuna's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment

lexi_readsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Complicated

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If I could give this book higher than I a 5 I would it’s just so GOOD. I’ve said before that nothing will beat the shatter me series but this makes it right up there with my favorites. And Cardan and Jude’s relationship  I just can’t!!!!!!!!!! And though all the content warnings it’s great and most of those were only very briefly mentioned 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War

safety_pin's review against another edition

3.0

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent