Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

On The Way To The Wedding by Julia Quinn

6 reviews

allison87's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

Errors/lack of communication lead to unhinged amounts of drama. It's very entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

_evyn_'s review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.5

This book was well written and intriguing and satisfying but also upsetting. I was not expecting to be so surprised by the disgusting abusive behavior of some of the new characters based on the more predictable plots of previous books in the series. It wasn't an entirely unwelcome change because I imagine it was realistic, just disturbing and hard to reconcile. 
The second epilogue should have had a trigger warning about the very explicit though probably  realistic blood and bodily harm to a character I'm sure many readers, like myself, will have grown a significant amount of love and empathy for (which does make the events harder to stomach). I threw up and had to skip ahead enough to not risk seeing any more so I am not exactly sure what I missed but I'm sad that I won't know the whole truth about the ending even if I stayed shaking and faint for awhile after. 
Still, I give this book a 4.5 and tip my hat to Julia Quinn for writing a captivating series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Body horror

saskiahill's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Homophobia, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

cinderrunner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This might just be my favorite book in the series. It has a perfect balance of actual dramaticly engaged plot and heart tugging romance. The only Bridgerton book to bring me close to tears. The way Gregory speaks of love touched my heart, even from the jump this is one of the most truly romantic books of the series. It felt like real love. Its amazing to see Quinn's progression in skill as the series goes on. Loved this book so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

summerslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Outing, and Cursing

inuy21's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence