Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

A Caminho do Altar by Julia Quinn

12 reviews

malleykde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical trauma

bzliz's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I never could have predicted how absolutely batshit this book was going to be. It started out slow and stereotypically Bridgerton-y but about halfway through, things start to speed up. By the 2/3 mark, shit is absolutely popping off. We’re talking hands being thrown, blackmail, treason, gunshots, and of course a little interrupting weddings to top it off. They don’t even get peace in the epilogues!

Gregory is not even 40 and they have NINE KIDS, including two newborn twins, and Lucy damn near bleeds out after giving birth.

I kind of loved the drama of it all but I can’t forgive how completely boring Lucy and Gregory are as people. They don’t really have personalities and I wasn’t able to invest in their love like I could for most of the other Bridgerton siblings. He only gets a tiny pass for busting into a church to stop a wedding and propose to the bride himself. And I guess Lucy has some OCD tendencies too. 

Unfortunately, I don’t know who I’d recommend this final book in the series to. Spice lovers will not be satisfied at all. I think maybe self deprecating messy gays could enjoy, since they finally have a little representation. That said: I had a good time and I’m ready to say goodbye to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Pregnancy/medical trauma in the 2nd epilogue.

Lucy is pregnant with their 8th child which turns out to be twins. While they’re celebrating the surprise, she starts feeling faint and passes out. The midwife works hard to help her but Lucy is losing a lot of blood (semi-graphic description, if you’re squicky about blood) and there’s only so much she can do. Lucy starts to recover but that’s the end of the second epilogue.

Trafficking/kidnapping:

Lucy’s uncle brokered a marriage for her like 10 years prior so they’ve been waiting for her to grow up to marry this lord. His father has been blackmailing her family and she is the final piece of payment. She’s intended to be the lord’s beard and still continue the family line even if it means the dude’s creepy dad gets her pregnant.

allison87's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

Errors/lack of communication lead to unhinged amounts of drama. It's very entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

haleysversion's review against another edition

dark lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Medical content

its_erin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

I actually think that, besides book 2, this is one of the better written bridgerton books. It was full of genuinely likeable characters (mainly the female lead, gregory is aggressively adequate) and really leaned into the plot. Less heavy on the physical romance, but I honestly didn't miss it with how interesting the story was. 

The second epilogue was much more dark than I anticipated, but, as always, you can expect a happily ever after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia

booksalacarte's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

3.5

On the Way to the Wedding- 3.5⭐️ 2.75🌶️

A funny thing happened ...

Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except ...

She wasn't the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love. With Gregory Except ...

Lucy is engaged. And her uncle is not inclined to let her back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing. And now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar ...
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✨My Opinion✨
I finished this book just in time for the Julia Quinn author event in Columbus today! 

When there are 8 books in a regency romance series, sometimes plots and tropes get reused. This book was the last in the series and set up entirely different from the rest of the series. The prologue captured my attention right away. 

The book features falling for the wrong girl first, blackmail, treason, scandal… 

Gregory didn’t have the temper issues his older brothers did. I appreciated that, but where he was decent, Lucy’s uncle made up in misogyny. 

I actually really enjoyed Lucy and her make no waves practicality. Her response to everything was so realistic and time period appropriate. 

The last half of the book was drama filled and I lived for the messiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol and Homophobia

rebecca_arielle's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Kidnapping and Confinement

kirbylover16's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh. Not a lot of steam way too much drama. I don't like Gregory. He's a stalker, ties Lucy up in a not sexy way, and believes he can own whatever woman he wants even if they don't want him. There's LGBTQ representation but Gregory is kinda terrible to him. But at least they don't make him the bad guy, progress? It's rushed in the end but so slow the rest of the book. I have mixed feelings about Lucy. She's supposedly close to her family/found family but doesn't know them at all.

Herminoe/her brother, Her father, and Uncle. Both her brother and uncle treat her like shit. It doesn't take much for her to believe her father is a traitor. It's so clear it was really her uncle that she comes off super naive.

She knows she going to marry this one guy but never meets him, writes to him, or tries to learn anything about him till a week before their wedding. All of the men in this treat Lucy and women in general so terribly to make Gregory look like a hero. I hate the epilogues in this one. There's no Whisledown or Lady Danbury. How does it compare to the rest of the books? Not well.
Best to Worse
1,3,7, The ones you should read.
6,4,2,8, 5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

The Epilogues are horrible and the reason for a lot of the tags. You can take off pregnancy, medical trauma, and most of the body horror if you skip that part.

urreadtome's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Minor: Kidnapping

madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, and Medical content