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Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn

10 reviews

eeyores_flowers's review

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dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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monishine's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

3.0

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courtney_mayhew's review against another edition

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3.0

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kkalicky94's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

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debbitomsk's review against another edition

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dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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sermerlin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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lexisrat's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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crystalrsharp's review

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lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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joonlily's review

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I just couldn't deal with the central trauma in this book.

The hero feels that he failed to prevent the rape of a child during the war. He feels this must make him a terrible person and unlovable/unworthy of love.<\spoiler>

1) I'm tired of the trope where a character has a deep-seeded scar that is the reason they "aren't worthy" of love BUT they refuse to tell their partner what the heck the scar is. I get shame and fear can be powerful, but the way it plays out in romance too often is by essentially taking away someone's agency and right to make informed decisions.
2) The specifics of his trauma felt icky as a plot device.

while I appreciate authors who can talk about rape and sexual assault, in this case it felt like using someone else's trauma as a plot device. We get several repeated descriptions of the scene, we know that a child committed suicide as a result if it, but the story is all about the hero's pain and guilt. I'm not saying he couldn't feel pain or guilt for not preventing what happened, but it felt gross to have a child rape and suicide used in that way.<\spoiler>

I love Julia Quinn, and I can also fully acknowledge that she has been problematic at times. This is one of those times.

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allonsythornraxx's review against another edition

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3.0

28/01/2021
3 ⭐
This book was a bit too ridiculous for even me, and it was definitely darker than I was expecting, but it wasn't bad by any means.

TW: death, war, PTSD, rape, suicide, mentions of a stillborn child, physical abuse (in a dream), attempted kidnapping

Rape scenes (flashbacks, nightmares): 10%, 29% (It's also mentioned throughout the book multiple other times, not as big scenes.)

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