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Džentelmeno pasiūlymas by Julia Quinn

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pauline79's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I didn’t like the beginning as it seemed very like Cinderella and the evil stepmother but I really got into the storyline after chapter 2. Loved the ending of it. My favourite book of the series, so far anyway! 
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nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

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

4.0

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notbambi's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What I'm learning about Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels is that she likes to ruin perfectly appealing romances with people acting like abusive dickheads. There's a lot to like about this book as long as you can ignore the couple of scenes about halfway through where Benedict gets to be this round's abusive dickhead. 

MOST of the book is very sweet, with the star-crossed lovers from different social spheres falling for eachother, and for the first half, I was 100% Team Benedict and Sophie. Then Benedict asks Sophie to be his mistress, gets very reasonably rejected, and starts blackmailing Sophie to keep her in his life. It gets better, and Quinn at least has him realise he was a dickhead by the end, but man, this could have been a five star for me if it just weren't there in the first place. 

I await season 4 of the TV show with bated breath and sincerely hope they leave out the parts of the story that make you hate Benedict.
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crystellaiza's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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kamrynkoble's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

So, you know, is Benedict toxic? Probably. Yes, definitely. Did I still enjoy this? Yes, yes I did. 

The Cinderella retelling aspect was fun, and just like all the Bridgerton novels, Quinn makes me laugh out loud and charms me.

This one was slower going, but I think it’s the fault of my general reading slump. They’re not groundbreaking stories by any means, but they’ve been a nice little escape. 

If you are not used to early 2000s historical romances, or if you’re expecting the show, I recommend you adjust your thoughts going in.
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apirlroge's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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fiademi's review against another edition

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medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I honestly couldn't get over the fact that Benedict clearly took advantage of the power dynamics. Also we don't even see that much of his supposed personality and passion.
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theasi's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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juliaureads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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aliiloue's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

leans heavily into the Cinderella aspect of the story and the love at first sight trope so the development of the their feelings felt rushed despite the author trying handwave it because of the time skip. 

benedict pressuring sophie to be his mistress really gave me the ick, especially when he just wouldn't let it drop and just didn't seem to understand her pov until the 11th hour. which fine he has his revelation and apologies and gets to play saviour but i was having a hard time seeing his advances as romantic when it mostly came across as entitled. he had his moments where he was roguish and charming but he could really be a dick. idk the power dynamics weren't hitting. i did like sophie though. i enjoyed her pov
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