Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

122 reviews

samiilg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

kshertz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It was a pretty classic Romantasy. It was interesting to see how this human was going to be valuable and become indispensable. It took me a while to get into it but after 50% I was hooked and enjoyed the experience and the love stories and betrayals. I probably won’t keep going with the series but I did enjoy this one! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lyr1cal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

saylorgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

hematthews'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

dreadspawn'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kiwitiger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Grief and Classism

sprinkle_supernova's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

i LOVE this book with a burning passion. i was a bit confused by some of the wording, so i did have to reread like 2 pages. it physically hurt me to put this book down, and i finished it in about 12 hours and 39 minutes. (i’m a fairly slow reader, don’t bully) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

emileecarter's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This is my favorite fantasy series/ trilogy of all time. You are meant to hate some of the main characters. 
I find Jude highly relatable. 
Please be aware that this is a political fantasy. While it does contain a romance or two, it is not the focus. Please only read if you are ready for a mysterious, action packed, political fantasy. 
This book has never read as YA to me. It contains some heavy, heavy themes.

For example, Jude dealing with the confusion of loving Madoc as the father that raised her and hating him for what he's done, and how she feels wrong for her feelings.
Truly, an incredible read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

aribookishly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Bullying, Drug use, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gore