Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Queen of Nothing, by Holly Black

109 reviews

phantastic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

So many twists and turns. My heart is heavy and my breath has been taken away. I adore this series so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Blood, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

joensign's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and War

Minor: Alcohol and Pregnancy

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, War, Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Torture

claire_fitzgibbon13's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved it so much. Cardan and Jude are so perfect for each other. His character development is so good and she is so badass. They are such the power couple. Fuck Madoc though. I’m glad Locke is dead. The Bomb and the Roach are so cute together, I’m glad he’s okay, and I hope in the future Taran and The  Ghost end up together. Really good action and twists. And i love that in the end everything made sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent

kynthebookworm's review

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

4.5

 don’t know if I’m in the minority here or not or if it’s because I’m sleep deprived but I am absolutely IN LOVE with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Child abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, War, and Vomit

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

What an ending! Trilogies don't often get better by the end, but this series just had development after development and I loved it. One of my main enjoyments was surprisigly THE ROMANCE, the enemies to lovers trope was done right for once (with enough hatred, plotting and general enemy-ness overall during the series). I don't really have any complaints apart from CARDAN'S TAIL,,,, why. Just why???

Spoiler

The tail ruined all the sexy scenes for me but after Cardan turned into the serpent I would have done anything to revert him back to original :'')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: War, Sexual content, and Deportation

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

annasneddon's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

laurenleigh's review

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Decided to keep these going for now! But some may be shorter. I’m not going to stress about that. 😅 I liked the first book in this series best, the second a little less, but this was so good! Great battle/action scenes and everything felt tied up nicely. I’ve learned I really like political intrigue and court politics. If you like that + faeries/magical creatures + fantasy romance, this was SO much better than ACOTAR in my opinion. No offense if you love that series, this is just much more my style! I just learned Holly Black published a new book in this world, and I can’t wait to read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: War and Injury/injury detail

maello's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

A good book, better than the first but not as good as a second. This book is certainly the 'ending' and it does a good job at tying together the loose ends, and to begin a healing process for many. There wasn't as much of trickery and such, but there was still a lot of good. Unlike the 2nd book where it felt like we were constantly trying to stay one step ahead, this one feels a lot simpler. In some ways I can see why some say it is a disappointment, but for me it comes welcomely. It is a good ending, and I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, War, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

raypaws's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Abortion, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Child abuse