Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black

12 reviews

delle_frenchtxt's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective

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

3.75

You need quite a few chapters to get into it (the narrator is quite immature) but once the plot is unfolding you ll get hooked. Idk why exactly but I feel like the vibes are similar to the ones of Percy Jackson if you ve read that as a teen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Deportation, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Infidelity, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Pretty much loved every minute of this story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Cursing

keiwald's review

adventurous 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? No

4.0

Fey politics and making a place in a world you feel you never belonged in

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Self harm, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: War

Fey Compulsions which force people to do things against their will. No sex, but still, actions against peoples wills.

katiev9beb5's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

The world-building is interesting. However, I really didn’t enjoy this book overall because of the way abuse is handled. I don’t care how physically attractive someone is: there is nothing sexy about abuse. And trauma is neither sexy nor an excuse for abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

ka_ke's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

By far one of the better y/a fantasy novels I’ve read this year. The politics are interesting, I enjoy the power play strategized by Jude and I’ve enjoyed the journey it took to get there. I cannot forgive Locke or Taryn however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Body horror, Classism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Sexual content, and Slavery

sedwarner's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Racism, Murder, Injury/injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

moonyalien's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

The begining felt like a bad Dramione fic, where Hermione always gets humiliated and abused by Slytherins.

Once you make it through that part, things get better. The characters are kind of flat. Not sure why the book is so well-received. The fairy world setting with different kinds of fairy folk is nice though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

andrea02's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Incest, Slavery, and Racism

egurgens's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Honestly, I’ve been looking for a book with a great villain arc, and I found one! Instead of seeing a hero fight against their worst impulses, Jude embraces them. Sure, Cardan is cruel, but so is her adoptive father, in a way, and so is the society she finds herself in. There are two possible paths Jude could have taken to survive with the Faerie, she just chose the opposite path of her sister, Taryn. 

There are so many political twists, so much betrayal, blood, gore, spies, magic, bullying, and violence, but it is so so so good. 100% recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Classism, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, War, Child death, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

changbinslemonade's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: War and Infertility