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Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

40 reviews

c340's review against another edition

boring, forgot what the point of the plot was, main character was not interesting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

niki258devil_angel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

vakariann7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Gore and Violence

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent

garrettcz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

I loved this book so much I immediately read the entire trilogy, which rarely happens for me. I Couldn’t put any of them down! This series is really great. Dark as hell, but great. Check the content warnings for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rainyghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and War

firedew's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

veyrith's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Rape

targrhaegar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a very strange book. It starts very slowly and nothing much happens at first. Then the story starts to pick up around the 25% mark and it gets very interesting. I was wondering when the fantasy elements were going to appear, because there were none at the beginning of the book. Then we finally saw some magic happening and it was very fascinating, but extremely confusing. 

One thing I don't understand is why in this fantasy world; with ghosts, necromancers, and such, Jesus Christ exists???? And why does Shakespeare also exist? I found that so random. I get it, this story takes place on planet Earth, but I just find it very strange that Jesus and the Catholic Chruch exist. I don't know. Like I said, I understand that this takes place on planet Earth, but whyyyyyyyyyy include real-world historical figures? It was so weird, and it took me out of the story every time they mentioned Jesus and freaking Shakespeare. 

The last 25% of the book was confusing. And I mean really confusing. Don't ask me what happened because I have no idea.  At least I did understand the ending.

I will continue with this series in the future, because I am interested in the story, and I do want to know how Jorg's journey will end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

starlesssky72's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This is one of my favorite books, the story and characters are very compelling, I could hardly put the book down. Mark Lawrence is a mastermind when it comes to making unique characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, and War

I've describe the main character as being akin to tv version of Ramsey Bolton (GOT). Please be aware of the warnings, they are not something to take lightly.

kristyn_b's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

This book was such a mixed bag to me. The main thing that kept me reading was the setting, I think without it I would have DNF’d  it. I won’t spoil exactly what it was since I found the best part was gradually finding out the true nature of this world. I also appreciate the author not rambling and having pointless things, the writing was straight to the point. If anyone else wrote this book I feel like they would’ve stretched it out to 600+ pages so I really appreciate him not wasting my time. However, this is a double edged sword since I feel like Jorg is the only character who has been developed. Speaking of Jorg, he is 14 so he just sounds like an edge lord sometimes and it’s just something I had to get over. What really lowered my rating was the last couple chapters, the conclusion was really rushed to the point of it being unsatisfying. I have no idea if I’ll continue with this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual assault