Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

37 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

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

juliapatt2007's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

luziebohnel's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

because I think the book is written too simply. It's not engaging and there are too many characters and names to digest in the first 20 pages. I also don't think the death of Jude's parents is portrayed as sad. I also find it strange to describe how they die.Furthermore, some of this book borders on abuse. Just the scene where they practically drug Jude (an apple) and then force her to take off her clothes is not okay. “Enemies to Lovers” is fine to a certain extent, but I think that’s where it ends. In the first 100 pages alone, Jude is almost killed by him twice and he enjoys it in the most disgustingly perverse way. In addition, Jude is somehow strangely sexualized by the author. For example. 
she  doesn't wear underwear under her clothes to appear more "real"?! All in all I'm very disappointed with the book because Holly Black can write really good books (Spiderwicks)but this one was not it,It seems like one of those Wattpad stories



( read the german Version )

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

lottebluebird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book kept me on the edge of my seat. 
I do not know, but many plot twists were no secrets for me, but I liked it maybe even more because of it. 

The writing style was so good, that I wanted to read almost the whole book, even English isn’t my mother tongue, in one seating. 

Jude and her story.. the cruel prince and the subplot with her twin sister. I loved it all the way, even if very dark things happen in the plot. 
And can I have those elaborate gowns the fey wear at parties? The descriptions of them were stunning!

You’ll find me ready the sequel 🤭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and War

thejackalopeswarren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved me some morally grey men and women

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Trafficking

nexusthegreat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

Solid introduction into the series. I always love a badass main character! Plus the world of Faerie is so interesting to learn about :O. As of this book my favorite character is Vivi and I won’t disclose my least favorite for spoiler purposes…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content and War

reallperson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

jque97's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent