Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

308 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

bootsmom3's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, and Infidelity

clairehreads22's review

hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.25

I got a copy of these in 2020 and put it off because what if I didn’t like it and the hype was wrong?!?! But I loved it. 

Jude is an engaging and exciting main character who knows what she wants and is not afraid to fight for it. I am a Jude stan and wanted her to succeed in all her endeavors. She slayed quite literally …

Characters I Loved: Vivi, Oak, the Bomb, the Roach, and the Ghost 

I hate the following characters (not in any particular order): Taryn, Locke, Valerian, Balekin, etc … Holly Black can write an antagonist!!!!!!!

I also love the way Holly Black creates worlds!!! Moving to Elfhame immediately!!! Not to mention, I enjoyed the Faerie Court politics. 

Jumping into the Wicked King ASAP!!!

Spoiler

Jude killing people, poisoning people, and managing to get what she wants… slay

The way Locke did Jude so dirty than still got Taryn … like Taryn, girl, noooooooo!!!! As soon as Taryn said she liked a guy, I knew it would be Locke. It just made sense how she acted. 

I didn’t see the whole Dain storyline coming … damn :/ 

I’m sorry but Cardan tortured Jude … are we ignoring that?! Listen, Jude and Cardan make a powerful couple sure, but … I don’t think we should dismiss what he put her through. Yes he was going through stuff too, but that’s no excuse to how you treat others.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Death

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

thebookaddict's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

🇳🇱: in het begin had ik moeite met het inkomen Het boek is niet super vlot geschreven. Het verhaallijn daarentegen is wel super goed. Ik vond de karakter echt top en ben verliefd geworden op Cardan! Het plot was ook prima te volgen en ik zag hem niet aankomen! Een top boek en ik kan niet wachten op de andere delen

🇬🇧: it was a bit hard to come in. The book isn't really fast paced. The storyline is really really good. I liked the characters and I fell in love with Cardan. The plot was also really good, i didn't see it coming! Also we love a strong female character! A great book and I am excited for the other parts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and War

booknerd_life's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent

ana_withlovexox's review

4.0

tropes: enemigos a amantes, espías, y fantasía

Finalmente releí uno de los libros que consideraba mis favoritos. Y boy tengo opiniones.

Primero, el amor sigue ahí, la trama es entretenida, en especial cuando vemos a Jude enfrentarse a las hadas que la tratan como menos, o cuando está con Madoc. Pero todo lo demás cae algo bajo.

Si, ver que tan obsesionado esta Cardan con Jude es lindo y divertido, pero no interactúan (o sea no tiene una conversación duradera) hasta qué pasa el gran evento en la coronación, qué pasa un poco después de la mitad del libro.

Creo que lo que no me encanta de los libros de Holly Black en general es que no ahondan en las cosas interesantes, y cualquier relación que te pueda interesar es poco desarrollada.

Totalmente recomiendo el libro si quieres algo rápido y entretenido, pero no creo que lo vaya a releer otra vez.🥲 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

avie_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

annierrra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide

starryeyedreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Non-spoiler bit: The book is great. If you like Holly Black's other fae books then you will like this. If you haven't read anything by Holly Black, I would recommend starting with the Modern Faerie Tales series, because it chronologically happens before this series does.

The spoiler bit:

Spoiler

expect betrayal, trying to figure out what's going to happen next only to be wrong cause the book sets up for multiple unexpected plot twists. Enemies to lovers trope is present. Some of the characters are just down right evil, but well written. In terms of diversity, there isn't much in the way of POC representation, but there is LGBT+ rep, and the folk are very diverse and you can definitely find yourself in the characters regardless of their appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Incest