Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Il principe crudele by Holly Black

89 reviews

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny relaxing sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and War

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Pregnancy

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

vale_reading'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture and War

culzean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t love it, I didn’t like it, but I also didn’t hate it. It just kind of exists in my mind now. 
Not one character is really likeable. Jude is almost too much for her own good. She switches her feeling around so many times and so quickly it gives you whiplash. You can chalk it up to a teenage girl not knowing what she wants, but this is a whole other level. 
I know the title is “the cruel prince”, but it was over the top. Both love interests are disgusting and vile beings that have no redemption. I cannot root for a villain who is just out right cruel for the hell of it if I don’t get some sort of backstory or redemption ark that isn’t just him being mean for the whole book and then randomly in the last 40 pages being forced to be likeable. 
I feel like I could have liked Vivi if she had a bigger part, but she got about 3 pages worth of dialogue so she never even had a chance. 

Crying score: nah, don’t ask again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

jennyeliseq's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying and Toxic friendship

nickoliver's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: War

vendy_kha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

I've fallen in love... If you've read Cassandra Clare and adored the Seelie & Unseelie court like me, enjoyed the feeling of that place... You have to read The folk of air series! The plot is political but not too blindly (I don't like politics in real life, this equals the levels of Throne of glass but the focus is slightly stronger on the scheming). If you love Aelin, you must like Jude too - she's a total beast and I adore her. The enemies to lovers subplot is wickedly sold on me. This book is YA, the darkness and plot are sooo catchy - highly recommend diving into this world

when she put the dagger to his throat and kissed him I nearly screamed + the poisoning herself, getting rid of Valerian? Madness but also badassery at its finest. I love how she's quick to treason for those she loves and protects!/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

vereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment