Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

42 reviews

pengustorm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

So funny, but also, so unapologetically true.
There's so much amazingly hilarious banter. But there's also very real, down-to-earth depictions of PTSD, body dysphoria, people just struggling to figure themselves out and find out how to live in society while being true to themselves.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Dysphoria, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Kidnapping

kylarenea_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I thought this book was absolutely delightful. One of the friends to lovers romances I've ever read, especially in the round about way they got there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcoholism, Mental illness, War, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Infertility, and Kidnapping

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

shadereads's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Dysphoria, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, and War

favers5's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, and Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia

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

mayaism_01's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Alexis Hall's trans-heroine is such a fresh perspective in the historical romance genre that it's hard not to enjoy! Viola is such a strong and empathetic protagonist, and Gracewood is charismatic as the love interest. It's really fun seeing a male lead who has a lot of shit (trauma) but is actually trying to fix his shit (healthy coping mechanisms)! The love story has a lot of respect, good communication, and healthy boundaries that aren't typical of the genre that you love to see, I'd say my only shortcoming with the novel is that it's definitely too long and the last 15% had situation thrown in for some increased tension that I didn't really care for. Besides that, Hall continues to be one of my favourite queer romance writers and I'd definitely recommend all their books, including this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, War, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gun violence

purely_romantic's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Ableism and War

Minor: Dysphoria

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Kidnapping, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Cursing, and Dysphoria

Just a small heads-up for my fellow transfems:

the FMC tops the MMC

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