Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Džentelmeno pasiūlymas by Julia Quinn

114 reviews

kerrence30's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted mysterious 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

3.0

Another male lead who is not particularly likeable. The only thing that would compel the female lead to love him is the mystery of his character given how they meet, but once she knows him better he seems like a worse person, until his complete character reversal at the end - he changes from a typically misogynistic man of the time, to a modern liberal and understanding day of today + hero of the story, and it’s quite unbelievable.
The storyline is based initially on Cinderella, which is actually fine - it’s adapted with enough point of difference to feel fresh and interesting, however the choice of that option feels rather lazy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

juujules's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Deportation

kabrahams's review against another edition

1.25

Book Benedict is a DICK. Yes, let's save a maid from being raped only to force her to become his maid in hopes of forcing her to get with him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Rape

emiliemhr's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Violence and Death of parent

pauline79's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape

nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

notbambi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

crystellaiza's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

kamrynkoble's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy