Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

810 reviews

lopmeabunny's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder

chaoticmermaid's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent

wilder_tingz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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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4.5 / 5 ⭐️

imagine my surprise when i discovered that this particular booktok recommendation GOES OFFF. 

the main character, jude, is without a doubt the crowning achievement of this book. i feel like my initial reaction to main characters is always distatste, but i liked jude right away. she’s got a dark side! she’s also dedicated and smart, both of which i appreciated reading. she felt unique too, not reminiscent of other MCs. it was highly refreshing to read jude’s POV, and i’m actually SO GLAD it’s not dual POV this time!

cardan was a little flat for me, but i imagine i’ll get to see more from him in the second installment. the most i can say for him is that i’m intrigued. but he has a lot to prove! 

plot wise, this was actually QUITE satisfying. this book had great balance between action and dialogue, it skipped over boring things that didn’t matter, and had morally grey mains. i gotta be honest this checked most of my boxes. i was even impressed with the prose at times - the writing is pretty seamless, even if it is sometimes utilitarian. 

unfortunately this scores verrrrry low on the spice scale. maybe future books are different? but let me tell you right now, i think this first one worked really well even without it. and i love a spicy book, so coming from me, that’s high praise.

i do declare this to have been a pleasantly surprising and satisfying read. i will be devouring the second one, posthaste. 4.5 / 5 ⭐️!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder

alyacroft's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicide

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Grief

lauwbinx's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic friendship, War

kschupner's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense 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: Yes

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i really enjoyed this!!! there were so many twists i didnt expect (mainly the Big One) so it kept me super engaged. jude is such a cool fmc and im insanely excited to see how the consequences of her actions play out in the next book!!!!! im gonna eat it up i can already tell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping

alicethemermaid11's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Gore, Violence

guiniveve's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

correnreads's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail