Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

10 reviews

theespressoedition's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment

wrinnola's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.75

This book is very well written and enjoyable… until it’s not. Worth a read, but the characters’ decisions toward the end made me cringe so hard I stopped reading for a good month. If you like cheesy rom-coms, you’ll like this one. Definitely glad I finished it though. One thing I’ll say that was really refreshing about this book was the lack of homophobia. I don’t think this is a spoiler to say. A lot of queer romance books have a heavy homophobia theme, so having one without that is really nice. Overall, this book is a cute and fun read.

It just could’ve done without the intense sobbing and “you’re better off without me” trope. Those couple chapters soured the whole book. Without them, this book would have been like a 4.5/5 for me. Harsh? Maybe. I’m probably biased because I really can’t stand that specific trope. I genuinely really enjoyed the book outside of that though, so it’s hard to not be disappointed at how that was handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infidelity

yuri_rum_raisin's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Specifically uses derogatory slang during explicit sex scenes later in the book.

sian's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Death

stacy837's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.75

Narrator is excellent at capturing character's emotions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

3frenchtoast's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism and Emotional abuse

Minor: Misogyny and Death of parent

kbairbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

Are you actually kidding me? I loved this so much! The characters were so funny and witty and the romance was fun and sweet. I gobbled this up and didn’t want the story to be over BUT THE HEA WAS SO CUTE. I loved this. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent

heather667'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, and Ableism

theatrealpaca's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

Tansy and Gemma are both delightfully flawed, perfectly human, and so funny. Their love built from the first moment they saw each other until the very last page and was just so beautiful. The friends and allies were loveable and quippy without being over the top and the villains were perfect to root against. This is definitely on my list of Sapphic rom coms to suggest to anyone looking to get into the subgenre and I can't wait to read the rest of Bellefleur's books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Vomit