Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Longbourn by Jo Baker

12 reviews

megmajor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Gun violence, Blood, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Miscarriage

acasiamae's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Child death, Pedophilia, and Animal death

pandorasirens's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, Gore, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Violence, War, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Cursing, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

below_average_baker's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Animal death, Blood, Slavery, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, and Death

stephvn01's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

ashhearddwrites's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Pedophilia

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Racism

charm0nix's review

emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Violence

jlewis's review

emotional inspiring relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

Life at Longbourn, the home of the Bennett family in Pride and Prejudice, as seen through the eyes and stories of the servants - the housekeeper, butler, 2 housemaids/maids of all work and a recently arrived footman and groom, who is secretive about his past.  All is revealed about this in a lengthy flashback in part 3 of the book, before returning to the starting chronology in book 4. There are some well-drawn characters and some thought-provoking suggestions that consider how both sexual orientation and pregnancy out of wedlock might have been managed. Overall it is a well-written, well-researched and engaging book.  I would agree with the several other reviewers who found the second half of the book less engaging than the first and that the ending was not altogether convincing in terms of either plot or character consistency.   But one of the better P&P spin-offs. 
For those who know Pride and Prejudice, it will surprise no one to be told that Mr Wickham is still a villain. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Racism

amberinbookland's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Grief, Gore, Death, Child death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

jnckies7804's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The author did follow a lot of the trademark Jane Austen style of writing, which i appreciated. 

But tying a story about servants to Pride & Prejudice didn't do it for me. The main characters of this story were only vaguely connected to the plot of P&P and I think it would have actually improved the story to have it be completely separate from the drama of the Bennet family. When I was reading, i felt more compelled by the servants' personal lives and adding the somewhat flimsy connection to the original story, it detracted from their experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Violence