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

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navoxmag's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This was such a fun book! For me it was a bit slow to start but once it started rolling it started rolling fast. Plot after plot after plot all with reasons behind them that you can relate to and understand. Monty is such a loveable main character, his constant battle with himself is such a good enabler for the story! I never hated Monty but just like Felicity and Percy I could reasonably get upset with him, even while understanding why he did what he did or said what he said.  The ending was a bit ambiguous to me. Would have liked to known with certainty what happened to all the characters in the end but I'm still content. 
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saffotron's review

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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

4.5

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solitaire_and_checkers's review

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adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's a good book if you want to get somewhere a historically accurate queer couple from the 70's (I think that's when the story takes place). The amount of character development from Monty is a lot and it all is reasonable. Monty's relationship with Felicity was quite impressive. And I can't end this review without mentioning the beauty of Monty and Percy. They go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly. 5 Stars🌟
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catacosmick's review

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adventurous emotional 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

3.0

A cutesy but kinda flat YA adventure novel. I was enjoying it up until the Robles got involved and then it just…well, deteriorated
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sincerelymarika's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book has a bit of a slow start for me, but once things started going off the rails, I really started getting into it. 

Monty actually wasn’t too annoying as a main character despite the fact that he started out so ignorant. His longing for Percy was so delightful to read. I think Lee does always wonderful job of showing just how much the two of them care for each other. 

I also really appreciated Monty’s conversation with Felicity about his sexuality. When she asks why he doesn’t settle with a woman because he’s attracted to them and it would be easier, and he states that he can’t help that sometimes what his heart wants is a man. This idea that bisexuals have it easier because they could be attracted to the “opposite” sex and therefore fit in white dating people they’re attracted to, is still frequently levied as a point of privilege  in quite an exhausting way. This touched on that wonderfully.


I also just really like Felicity in general. I like the relationship she and Percy have as well. The three of them were quite fun to read about. 
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tashaivanov's review

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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

5.0

Love the author’s writing. The characters were really engaging and I enjoyed the watching Monty develop as a person.
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thecamcollective's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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terranstorm's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Couldn’t put it down. Definitely some major secondhand embarrassment scenes, reader beware, but I thought the rest more than made up for it. 
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noxtalgia's review

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emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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sahla's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

this book is the best thing that's happened to me since my discovery of ao3, and that's saying something. it made me so happy. i've laughed a lot and gotten my heart broken at times, too, only to mend it right back. i've fallen irrevocably in love with monty, and despite his very many flaws, i wouldn't have him any other way. he is a delightful character to see the world through, with high levels of self-loathing masked behind a great show of narcissism. he is, however, very much self-absorbed, and by the end, begins to realise this and makes an effort to change, to show love and empathy to those around him. 

i'm honest to god head over heels for every character: monty, percy, felicity, scipio, and even ebrahim, the very minor character and a part of the worst pirate crew in the history of piracy. percy and monty's relationship is written so beautifully, equal parts gut-wrenching pining and light-hearted banter. 

Can’t seal up a conversation with a casual Oh, by the way, could you perhaps not touch me the way you always have because each time it puts fresh splinters in my heart? Particularly when what I’d really like to say is Oh, by the way, could you please keep touching me, and perhaps do it all the time, and while we’re at it, would you like to take off all your clothes and climb in bed? They’re both weighted alike.

and i love, love the p.o.c representation, the fact that the author could have very easily taken the "oh, it's 18th century england" route to simply not have any non-white characters yet chose not to, and in fact wrote them well, doing justice to the struggle of racialised people of this era without making the entire personality be their race and racial trauma. 

and i am so happy to find out that there's a sequel, and i can't wait to dive right back into this world, this time through the eyes of felicity "men are such babies" montague.

(also, this book concludes my 2024 reading challenge of reading 24 books, and im glad this was the book i decided to end my year with.)
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