Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

7 reviews

pelb's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

This book was so much better than I expected it to be. I’m not all that into fantasy so I didn’t think I’d enjoy it but had to give it a try because of all the hype, and WOW. I’m speechless. That was such a wild ride of twists and turns. It’s so well written, with a beautifully crafted world and deeply complex characters. If you’re coming into this just for the enemies to lovers plot you will be disappointed, because it’s a bit different than that, but personally I loved it. It’s more political intrigue with a side of bully romance than a typical enemies to lovers romantasy. But even though the romance is a subplot it’s SOOOO GOOOD like you will be confused at first and hate it but do not fear. They call it a slow burn for a reason. That’s really why I fell in love with it. The main character Jude is morally grey, incredibly clever, and really,  really cool. I usually end up hating female leads (esp in fantasy) but I LOVE her. Anyway if you want your life changed for the better, read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Slavery, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit

imogenoakes's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Medical trauma

culzean'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Murder, Classism, Grief, Death, Toxic relationship, Bullying, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide, Blood, and Violence

becca_w_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Abandonment, Incest, Child death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Vomit, and War

itsmemiana's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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

BROOOOOO THIS BOOK.

let me tell you... it was SO good, totally worth the hype.

first of all.... the sexual tension between Jude and Cardan could be cut with a knife (or sword if you will). I LOVE THEMMM. 🥺❤️

and I absolutely hated Cardan in the first 20% of the book but then I was down on my knees fr. what gave him the right to be so mf hot? like hello??? 🥵

and Jude is such a badass queen fr. she's one of those characters that makes so many wrong decisions but you still love her yk? and honestly I think it takes really good writing to pull that off and Ms. Holly Black did that. 😌

Taryn was cool until the last part of the book.... girl- 🤨

And Vivi was a sweetheart throughout the whole book, literally so wholesome. I love her. 🥺

and so many of the other characters were terrible people but the way they were written really made the story more interesting. I love the writing in this book.

and the ending made me low-key sad 🥲 but even more excited to read the second book. I NEED MORE FROM JUDE AND CARDAN. can't wait to read the second book ❤️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and War

sammymilfort's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Blood

boo_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Blood