Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer

2 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

I'm fairly certain that this is a re-read for me though it's been a very long time since I originally would have read it.

This one was a marriage of convenience that was rife with miscommunication and mistake after mistake that made mountains out of molehills, which lessened my enjoyment.  Every time it seemed like there was finally some common ground several back steps were taken so it was all very frustrating.  I think if I hadn't just read a fake engagement with childhood friends (or rather playmates/cousins/acqaintances) by Heyer just prior to this I wouldn't be comparing it so directly.

I did love the found family bit between the friends and I wish there was more mutual pining throughout rather than predominantly one-sided.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Infidelity, Drug use, Fatphobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Gaslighting, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

azurelunatic's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Kitten is almost 17 when she and Sherry enter into their marriage of convenience. Sherry is somewhat older but also under the age of majority of the era (21). This makes them an underage/adult relationship by modern reckoning. Enough time passes between the wedding and the beginning of the relationship that Kitten might well be 18 by that time. In typical Heyer fashion, the book ends at the point of mutual confession of love, with just enough time left to wrap up the mostly unrelated brawl. Kitten marries Sherry in part to escape from her emotionally abusive cousins. Sherry's mother is a jackass to Kitten. Gambling: high play, debt, bad financial management and good advice being disregarded,

but noticing Kitten copying his mistakes shocks Sherry to his senses

. A side character has a terrible temper and is for-ever prepared to duel. Most disputes die and no-one shoots! (He doesn't kill anyone, and the worst injury overall is a blade slice to an arm which could be serious but will likely not become fatal.)