Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

13 reviews

oddio's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse and Violence

thegezzell's review

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

For fans of 1700's fare, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue has everything a puffy pirate shirt wearing son of a lord might desire. Big cities, treasure, pirates, kidnappings, escapes, and yes, even true love. This is a kissing book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

deetabz's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Racism, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Slavery, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexism

mickij's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

Ooo! A book got 5 whole stars! Usually, that means it did something extraordinary, and it did exactly that! I have never been so sure I wanted to buy a book in my life!

Beyond that, I suppose I should talk about the book. This book is utterly fascinating for a variety of reasons. For one, it's grounded in history but it's not bleak for the characters of color. Slavery is mentioned, as it somewhat has to be for a book set in the 18th century, it's not weighing heavily on the narrative. A second thing is that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

water_violin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Colonisation

clemrain's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

sparkle5g's review

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

3.5

For the entirety of this book, I whispered the words out loud in an English accent 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Alcohol

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Wasn't super into it in the first half, but the second half really had me. My only main concern is the random and sudden vivid descriptions of suicide ideation and self-harm which were off-putting and honestly unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

nillech's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail