Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

23 reviews

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

An excellent book about fantasy court politics and political intrigue. Our heroine is morally gray, but predominatly because of the impossible choices she is put into. I was hooked from start to finish and plan to bump the sequel up on my TBR. If this book was sold to you as an enemies to lovers romance please know this is very minor in the plot (which personally, I loved).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

sgtz00's review against another edition

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

gooseturnover's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

Didn't like the first portion of the book, thought about dropping it, and ended up giving it another go due to a friend's recommendation. Glad I decided to stick it out. Really enjoyed watching the characters interact with and tear each other to pieces over the course of the story. Kingmaker Jude my beloved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual harassment

kynthebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was such a good book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Blood

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Was this great? No, did it lead to murder yes, so very good *claps*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

booksmoviesandstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed it, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Not the worst, not the best. The second and the third books are better thought, so whort reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ella2006's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

eligru's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Racism, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, and Pregnancy

rose_play's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.25

I love nature but this was a little too much of romanticism of animals for me please and thank you.

Two murders completed in a single night mark a descent I should be proud of

Jude was the only good thing about it tbh, the blueprint of lovable morally grey. I was so frustrated with her for not fleeing but she wanted to be a part of that world and that should be a good enough reason.


I hated one instance when a proof was handed to her by pure luck of fate (but maybe I need to do a reread to understand the nuances cause the book was so politically intriguing and I read the so slow paced one in 42 days. No fault of book tho, cause I had exams)

Also, at least in this book, carden is not MORALLY GREY. he's just a weak asshole who can't even properly BULLY

But I'm open to his character development cause spiralling of Jude was done so well. 


The writing is stunning and there were some plot twists I was able to guess, there were so many which made me stop reading and think about author's talent for a minute. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide and Abandonment