Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

62 reviews

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I liked the premise of the book. I especially enjoyed how much research the author put in to telling the story. At times the story dragged and felt like it was repeating itself. Overall an enjoyable and mostly lighthearted read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Child abuse, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Chronic illness, Classism, Sexism, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Cursing, Death, Grief, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

So much more than a romp accross Europe with forbidden love the goal. I loved this book start ro finish. It's ridiculous and awkward and it ends perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Violence, Misogyny, Child abuse, Classism, Xenophobia, Blood, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Islamophobia and Slavery

meliflowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

3.0

Love a good rep for himbos!!

A well written book and a good story but it was a bit too predictable and cliché at times. I loved the characterisations and setting.

It's a good story but I couldn't really get into it or enjoy it as much as I'd hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Outing, Islamophobia, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

theultimatebooknerd's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I just thought this book was a fun read with a flawed main character. I have a deeper analysis on the book which actually goes hand in hand with extra stuff the author put at the very end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Homophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Outing

deetabz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Medical content, Biphobia, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

mixmousereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Vomit, Ableism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity and Suicidal thoughts

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

megelizabeth's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I did not expect to completely, utterly love and adore this book the way I did. It's easily a new all-time favourite and I am entirely obsessed. It was the kind of book that I kept trying to slow myself down from reading as I didn't want it to be over, but at the same time I physically couldn't stop myself fully devouring it. I was hooked from the very beginning and I loved Monty and Percy's characters so, so much and I just could not wait to see how things turned out for them. I don't usually gravitate towards adventure-type stories and so this sat on my shelf for literally years before I finally read it and whilst I wish I had done so sooner because I ended up loving it so much, I'm at least glad that I was able to experience the thrill and unadulterated joy of reading it for the first time now! It's definitely one I can see myself going back to and loving even MORE each time around. The characters, the plot, the relationships, the 1700s setting, the balance of humour and discussion of serious topics, the character development (particularly Monty's).........all 100/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

voidature's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

i don’t know how to start this review tbh. there’s a lot to say and none of it is very good. i only gave it two stars because the writing itself is good, but she as a white woman had no business writing this kind of story with the amount of racial slurs used and the general theme, and i spent the entire time while reading it beside myself with mixed feelings.

it’s disgusting to ship percy with monty and it’s gross that they still get together at the end given how monty treats him throughout the novel but especially in the beginning—because this is the monty percy would have been exposed to since they were boys. a monty who will say racist things to him when he gets upset, percy who is supposedly his best friend, and even despite that percy is so patient with him and has to *teach* him about racism even when monty barely makes an effort to understand or accept that he has a white savior complex.

monty went through a huge character growth arc, but percy didn’t have the same kind of growth, and monty went through that growth at the expense of percy’s dignity, being written with an illness, who was used as a prop for him. not to mention scipio’s crew, who were also used as props to help monty grow.

i have no idea how or why this book is so highly rated given the contents of it and how the author chooses to write her characters. and after reading the reviews and finding out she’s transphobic as well, i’m unsurprised to find that my gut feeling about this book reading the way it does is correct.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Mental illness

katiehoneydew's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts