Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee

21 reviews

casey_sunshine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

lauralintunen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Blood and Domestic abuse

josieruby1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I was scared to read this because I love Gentleman's and Lady's so much but this was beautiful and is probably now my favourite 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

elephantshoes4's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Addiction

elliizzzabeth's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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

5.0

A wonderful end to what is my new favourite series of books! This book's main theme is all about mental health, in particular putting a spotlight on anxiety. A someone who suffers from anxiety, it was a very realistic depiction (almost felt like a call out at some points) and it was no suprise to find out the author also suffers. Adrian was relatable and we also got back my beloved Monty to join in the adventure! It was nice to see where the characters were now and how things had progressed over the last 20 years. Also a lot better paced than the other two books with the adventure starting within the first few chapters instead of half way through. Only nitpick was that Adrian (and a couple other people) seemed way too comfortable with Monty's sexuality for the 1700s. I guess this was to further the Monty plot without the homophobia but it was a little too unbelivable for me to have Adrian find out and within days Monty was openly making jokes to him about gay sex. Also there wasn't very much Percy in the book and I would have loved to get to know Louisa more. But other than that, very enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Adrian suffers from Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and this is explained very realistically and in detail throughout the book. This also includes descriptions of panic attacks and in one case a delusion which leads Adrian to put leeches on himself which could be considered a form of self harm (but not deliberate). Several characters also discuss and describe having suicidal thoughts as well as suicide attempts.

tri_lo_bite's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Addiction, Slavery, Sexism, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

kingfelix's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Child abuse

mxrumphius's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Chronic illness, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

cryptidkay's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

The Montague sibling books have always been wonderful. The characters have grown and developed but maintained their spunk. This is a fitting end to the siblings' journeys- largely happy endings. they all deserve that.

I did learn something though: I probably should not read books told in the first person where the protagonist has GAD. Because wow. Adrian and I were having twin breakdowns and it made it very hard to get through the book.

Lee has some of the best descriptions of what anxiety feels like and how extreme attacks can be over the smallest thing. I waited a long time for my library to get the audiobook in and it took like a chapter and a half for me to start having breakdowns. 

Good times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Blood and Child abuse

This book's description of anxiety is very graphic and very accurate. Reader beware.

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, and Slavery