Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

81 reviews

lunamoon62's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Classism

friedowls's review

• 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

This book was so good that I can't even review it properly. The characters, despite obvious flaws (cough, Monty, cough), are so unbelievably lovable. The adventure was fun and tense, and the romance had me squirming around in pain (believe it or not, that's a good thing). Monty's character development across it all was so satisfying. This is definitely one of my favorite books of all time. 

Content Warnings: this book deals with child abuse and alcoholism (both of which is something the main character deals with). Those are the reasons I can't reread this book, because even though I've never experienced either of them, the moments where those would pop up made me almost physically sick. Also, the book is a historical adventure that deals with racism, ableism, and sexism. Some of this is perpetrated by the main character, but the people around him don't tolerate it, and he learns that he's being a terrible person and betters himself.

Continuing with the content warnings, [possible spoilers?] to add possibly necessary context, the main character's love interest (Percy) is disabled, and the main character (Monty) spends a lot of the time trying to find a magical-ish cure for Percy's disability, epilepsy, even though Percy doesn't want the cure. But Monty learns that he's being shitty. 

If the content warnings would make you majorly uncomfortable or worse, I would suggest you don't read it for your own health. Otherwise, buy this book immediately what are you doing with your life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Sexism

mixmousereads's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Suicidal thoughts

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Ableism and Medical content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

quinniepoepie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

eidal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Slavery, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

katiechasingchapters's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Racism

johns6ka's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, and Racism

nonnavlis's review

adventurous tense 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

This was such a delightful read! The writing style of the author is so marvellous. It's not at all short on evocative prose, but never the sort that trips you up; it reads so smoothly and is also quite witty. I'm someone who is just branching into more modern writing and often struggle with a dislike of the style of it, but this was great. The completely unrestrained queerness was also very delightful and the characters are engaging. It's unrealistic in the good way--you probably won't see the story beats coming and they're a bit silly when they do, but in a way you want to happen because it's all the more fun.

It was also lovely to see some unexpected disability representation later in the story! (I am not considering this is a spoiler as it's something I would've wanted to know as a disabled person, but sorry if anyone feels a bit cheated in my saying so).

The only problem I had with it was the handling of racial tension within the story. I respect the author's desire for some diversity and their certainly earnest and well-meant attempt at handling it, but it did feel pretty simplistic and glossed over in a way I expect a reader of colour would find even more awkward/uncomfortable than I did as a white reader. It's unfortunately one of those stories that probably would've benefited heavily from some sensitivity readers that it seems it did not have. The fact that the author even has an author's note chapter at the end of the book dedicated to summarizing her historical research and influences (where she refers to slave-owners as masters rather than enslavers which felt to me like a pretty glaring sign of lack of knowledge in this area), but still fumbled this as much as she did is why I've removed half a star from my rating. I did see after finishing that this is part of a series so I'm hoping it will be handled better in future stories, since we all have room to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

pax_'s review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail