Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

433 reviews

seriouslyobsessedbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

livaausma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Chef’s kiss 

I always knew I’d like this book I just didn’t know I’d love it as much as I do. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief

mdefillipi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

deep_sea_fishie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

it has now been a good 8ish months since I read it and have finally gotten around to reviewing it so i'll do the best I can :)

I really liked this book because I found that there was a lot of pretty interesting 'world-building' where we just got to kind of see jude's day to day life without too much BIG changes and wild plot-twists (well compared to the other 2 books especially. Though I kind of found Jude to be another boring mc (though bearable enough). I kind of liked cardan despite his actions, he is a silly (but mean) guy.
 
 

Personally i do think that cardan was really cruel in this book (and this doesn't make his actions excusable), after reading the rest of the books (and especialy after delving into how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories, we can see the roots of how he behaves and especialy why he treats jude the way he does. I also found jude's relationship/attitude towards MDOC kind of strange, I can both see where she's coming from with the whole 'he killed my parents' which I think makes perfect sense, but he also raised her for like, well alot longer than her parents did, and it's sort of in him to kill them, as he's a redcap. It's not like idk, an excuse, but Jude also should take into account that Madoc isn't a human, and that it's part of his nature and his race to do shi like that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

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

hyunoic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

I have never given a book 5 stars in my whole life. I really enjoy this kinda books. Not only is the story coming natural but also the relationships between characters. The first time a FC is not quirky and edgy and is thinking about her actions, despite wanting to reach her wish. Loving Jude especially for standing up for herself, makes me relieved to finally see someone who does not take it all, just because she is "too weak", simply because she wants to be respected, even if she has to earn it. She is smart and so far my favorite Female Lead in all books I have read so far. This book has a good mix between story line and character relationships, giving some time to the relationships to actually unfold, especially when we are talking about enemies to lovers. So thank you for finally giving us an ACTUAL enemies to lovers - and not "thehe you suck but you hot let's make out" bullshit.

baileybeloved's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and War

lavendwer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

there were some good moments but also a lot of meh moments. highlight was definitely the bit with cardan at the end ugh omg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death of parent

pianokeys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail