Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

4 reviews

psliz's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

loved the feminism, the deus ex machina and magical realism at the end? not so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Slavery, Blood, and Death of parent

water_violin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious 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: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

livruther's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

As far as I’m concerned, Mackenzi Lee can do no wrong. I really enjoyed this book. Tbh, my least favorite thing was the plot. Like the dragon thing was so weird??? But I loved the setting, the writing, and the characters. Felicity is such an interesting protagonist and obviously I LOVE monty & percy more than life itself. They are so sweet and the way that they both put their struggling careers on hold just to come find Felicity was the sweetest thing ever. Besides the dragons, there were some other things that bothered me. 

1) Felicity’s characterization doesn’t quite match “Getting Lucky” bc in that, she is not at all homophobic, and she very explicitly speaks about sex with Monty, but she seems uncomfortable with the idea of sex in this. 
2) She mentions being homophobic bc of the Bible, but she doesn’t mention all the sexism in the Bible. I felt like she should have mentioned that. 
3) Felicity honestly didn’t seem as upset as I felt like she should be when she found out that her hero was a POS. He was basically her whole life’s inspiration and she was just like, a little bit mad that he actually sucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse

verysillygoose's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse