Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

89 reviews

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

totallyunemployed'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

rchulin1's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

orakuruno's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Fantasy politics is some of the hardest stuff to write about, but this book series is doing it beautifully.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

olivia_k_wood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism and Classism

juliesleseecke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

mangachild's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Because it’s the first book of the series, it was very slow. This is my first fantasy book so I can’t really say anything about the world building because there is nothing to compare it to. 25% of the book was building the bases of the story, describing relationships between characters. 50% of the book is where it really started to pick up and I was hooked. The ending, I knew there was going to be a twist and it was pretty obvious. Overall I give it 3.5 ⭐️.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

pelb'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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so much better than I expected it to be. I’m not all that into fantasy so I didn’t think I’d enjoy it but had to give it a try because of all the hype, and WOW. I’m speechless. That was such a wild ride of twists and turns. It’s so well written, with a beautifully crafted world and deeply complex characters. If you’re coming into this just for the enemies to lovers plot you will be disappointed, because it’s a bit different than that, but personally I loved it. It’s more political intrigue with a side of bully romance than a typical enemies to lovers romantasy. But even though the romance is a subplot it’s SOOOO GOOOD like you will be confused at first and hate it but do not fear. They call it a slow burn for a reason. That’s really why I fell in love with it. The main character Jude is morally grey, incredibly clever, and really,  really cool. I usually end up hating female leads (esp in fantasy) but I LOVE her. Anyway if you want your life changed for the better, read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

swane_nook's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship