Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

46 reviews

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Dysphoria, War, Kidnapping, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

littleflowerfairy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Deadnaming, Violence, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

The sexual harassment warning is very minor, nothing really happens,

it's just referring to one scene in the later half of the book where they're in a brothel, and one character makes some vulgar remarks toward Viola. He doesn't touch her inappropriately or anything like that, but I figured it'd be best to still put a small warning

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

Cannot recommend the audiobook for this enough! The narrator was so fantastic and I looked up their other books because I was so impressed with the voices, tonal inflections etc

I’ve heard people say this book is too long and I think if you’re reading a physical copy I could see that - I didn’t quite feel that way with the audiobook (except for a few parts where I felt things dragged a touch). Overall this was a beautiful poignant historical love story between two people growing together in unlearning what the gender binary tells them they are each supposed to be/do/feel/ etc. There are some absolutely beautiful sweeping dialogue passages. This book and mainly it’s side characters are also supremely hilarious which I enjoyed immensely.

3.5/5 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Addiction

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Deadnaming and War

As the author states misgendering of Viola happens in relation to talking about her past Gracewood suffers from severe PTSD from the war and is recovering from using drugs to cope with it

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Classism, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Transphobia, Vomit, War, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

briely's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Drug use, Addiction, War, and Suicidal thoughts

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Ableism, and Addiction

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, War, Blood, and Deadnaming

reading_rainbow_rachel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

A heartbreakingly beautiful story of the love two people have for one another. With characters that have so much love for each other but are working on loving themselves unapologetically while working out how they identify themselves outside of how society defines them in so many ways. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

hunkydory's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

caelinsullivan's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Ableism, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Transphobia, Child abuse, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, and War

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts