Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

89 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

A fun adventure following Monty, the rakeish bisexual son of a lord, his younger sister Felicity, who wishes to become a physician, and Percy, Monty's Black best friend who he is desperately in love with. The trio set out on a Grand Tour of Europe but it doesn't take Monty to make an enemy of one of the most powerful men in France who chases them across the continent. There are touches of magic in this novel which I didn't expect at first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Classism, Biphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Self harm, Colonisation, Medical content, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

cleansky7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Racism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Slavery

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Well loved the themes of this book. But for some reason I thought there would be more of a focus on the romance in the book but so much adventure happened! Love that just didn’t expect it haha I guess I miss read it. Monty was a lot but really showed growth through out and has skills it’s just charming people and appearing dumb! Loved Percy and excited to read Felicity’s book. The setting and the light fantasy elements were nice. Want to know what happens next between Monty and Percy! That cannon blow was just plan mean! Anyway found this via the vibes search you can do with similar books you’ve liked. Definitely will do that again! And did this as such a fun buddy read, can’t wait to do another!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Slavery, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Classism

nutmegandselkie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexism, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

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

booksbagsandbadideas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I actually borrowed the audiobook accidentally and decided to listen since I had it. Despite the unintentional nature of picking this book, I did enjoy it! 

 

Throughout the book, Monty reminds you with distressing frequency that he’s a spoiled brat though he starts showing his redeeming features the further you go. 

 

At no point did I predict the next odd assortment of people they would meet as quirky characters seemed to pop out of the woodwork around them. 

 

I was pretty far along in the book when I realized that there are sequels and I look forward to checking them out to learn more about some of the other characters beyond Monty. Percy continued to be my favorite throughout the book and Felicity crept up there as well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Vomit and Slavery

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

epeolatrist's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Slavery