Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

5 reviews

anamustacho's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

annick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

Entertaining. Good sense of variety of story and dynamics for character interactions. 

I disliked the scene where he feeds her the teacup. 

The hiccups and hurdles to HEA were entertaining and not as cliched as usual with romances set in C19 England. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

micheala's review against another edition

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

2.0

My enjoyment of romance is based on if I'm rooting for the couple and I have to say with this one I was not. Both the main characters are assholes at best and truly terrible people at worst. So I guess they deserved eachother, but I didn't think either of them deserves a happy ending.

It gets 2 stars mostly because the actual writing was good. This was my first Kleypas book, and I'll probably give her another go based on writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

frantically's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

has this author ever heard of this thing called 'consistent characterisation'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

_alyssar_'s review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Death of parent