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The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

jkalsayed's review against another edition

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

3.0

goodforyourhealth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

Really like the writing style and Jude as a character. Not a big fan of Cardan though - and none of the plottwists were really that surprising.

booktr0verted's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cheera's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

girl was a spy & didn’t see the coup coming??  I could’ve told her that as soon as they described the royal family having multiple sons who don’t get along

carocarovk's review against another edition

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4.0

rly picked up at the end. love when characters that are supposed to be grey characters are actually grey and im rly glad. twists were unexpected!

pauli1610's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

bobbilaboy's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lauff's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

suburbiam's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5 stars rounded down.

It started off way too mundane at faerie school and only picked up after 50% or so (which was also plain boring and almost going nowhere plotwise) which is way too slow imo.

Still pretty enjoyable and I love the progression in Jude’s character. Girlie knows how to stand up and I love that for her.

cassidy_reads_books's review against another edition

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3.0

3.8 ⭐️ sometimes the writing was confusing but the plot twists were great and the last chapter .. OMG!!!! I never saw that one coming … it’s an interesting plot that had a lots of twists and turns and I’m intrigued to see how plays out in book 2!