Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

16 reviews

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

lyd41's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I was entranced by this book. 
My critiques are: 
1. the plot only started up in the last half of the book. the first half was mostly character introduction and worldbuilding.
2. the bully to lovers trope is a slippery slope, and i really hope black will continue to pull it off well. 
3. taryn was an odd character to me. her motivations were questionable and out of nowhere, despite them being twins and raised together...you'd think their motives would be fairly similar. 
Overall I really loved the dialogue and character writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Gore, Incest, and Torture

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

glad to know what this book was finally about (since it was so popular when it came out) - which was nothing really... it had a bad ratio of character thoughts to plot (not really good world building either). the main problem was obvious but i liked the twist at the end. it is just not that amazing tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

klyanovska's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Mental illness

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

nininie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity