Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

88 reviews

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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: Vomit, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, War, Death, Car accident, Classism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

lenchen25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Drug use, Classism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Classism

radiantgeode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

I really enjoyed this book. It took a bit for me to really start liking it, but once I got into the pace, I began to love it. I love the romance through letter writing. It was different from what I’m used to and I found it a unique way for characters to fall in love.  I do wish there was a bit more world building and I hope to see more of that in the next book. 

The way Ross describes the feeling of grief, loss, and abandonment is so incredibly accurate. It left me so emotional at times that I had to stop and soak it in. 
I will definitely be reading more books by this author. I can’t wait to see what happens next and I already pre-ordered the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Vomit, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

lunsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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? No

4.0

The plot, the setting, the pacing, the beautiful writing, the endearing characters, it all worked for me. Don't go into it expecting extremely intricate world-building (although that might change in the second book), but what it did introduce was good enough to set the scene and get you engaged in the story. I understand the criticisms in some reviews, but I believe it's one of those cases where you either connect with the book and absolutely love it, or you don't. Rarely happens for me, but in this case I really grew attached to the world and the characters. Overall, I got a very warm and cozy feeling while reading it (despite all the heartbreaking scenes and war setting) and didn't want to leave this world. Can't wait for book two! 

Roman is such a refreshing mmc, an extremely lovable person who's not afraid to be vulnerable, which is hard to find sometimes in "romantasy". I found his thoughts and behaviour towards Iris so wholesome to read about, and their romance was paced nicely and was not insta-lovey at all.

 

edit (2024)

lowered my rating from 5 stars to 4 stars after reading Ruthless Vows. Really did not enjoy the second book and it made me overthink my opinion of this one.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content and Classism

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, War, Addiction, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism

cait's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Slavery, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, War, Abandonment, Grief, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Roman C. Kitt 🤝 Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy

THIS BOOK. AMAZING! This book is for all of the girlies that have been looking for a series to fill the whole left by Hunger Games in 2012!

Do you love academic rivals to lovers? If so, READ THIS BOOK!

Did you grow up wishing that you were Kit Kitteredge (which I just had a theory may have been the reason for Roman’s last name?) and could spend your days typing on a typewriter? If so, READ THIS BOOK!

Are you a history buff? If so, READ THIS BOOK!

Do you like an adorable MMC who follows around his crush, basically begging for her to notice him? If so, READ THIS BOOK!

What I’m trying to get at is: READ THIS BOOK! That’s it.

Thank you so so so so much to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Rebecca Ross for providing me access to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, and Drug abuse