Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

103 reviews

grommit's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Fantastic politics, cruel people, and sucks you into its world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Abandonment, Suicide, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Minor: Classism, Racism, Child death, Infidelity, Addiction, and Pregnancy

malinxzoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Moderate: Slavery, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

bookishbutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery and Infidelity

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy

parxreads's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Truly, fell in love witt this book. I took every free moment to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Sexual violence

bookmark3brodi's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Vomit, War, Child abuse, and Drug use

n0elle's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Trafficking, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

bold_badger's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship

thisisfee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Stalking

kingcrookback's review against another edition

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

Admittedly, a little heavy on the "young" in "young adult" for me, but I found myself glued to this. Holly Black does a good job of creating and maintaining tension regarding both characters and plot. I find the complicated father-daughter relationship between Madoc and Jude especially interesting. However, I found Black's worldbuilding a bit lacking in detail at times. What we do learn about the cultural norms and expectations of Faerie is effective. Faeries looking visibly inhuman? Love how that highlights Jude's outsider status. They can't lie? Fascinating! Keep Jude on her toes and keep me engaged by forcing us both to work at navigating interactions. At times, though, I felt a bit in the dark as to what certain things look like (nixies?? Madoc's estate??). Then again, I do also feel that because Black had me invested in Jude's journey, worldbuilding concerns are secondary. I absolutely zoomed through this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Suicide