Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore

4 reviews

jencolumb0's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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

5.0

This should be required reading for guys as they graduate high school. Ms. Dunmore deserves a standing ovation for how she breaks down the complexities of being female in a patriarchy - the calculations made at virtually all times - and demonstrates, with striking humanity, through engaging cis/het characters, how the patriarchy hurts everyone.

Most women will find nothing new in these pages but should have a delightfully fun time feeling seen. (A great read for those who want more of what Greta Gerwig gave the world in Barbie . . . or just want it dressed up in Victorian England.) Nonetheless, do read the content warnings first, know that it is a HEA, and that each objectionable element is challenged.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Classism, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Gun violence

kyeruhh's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved Tristan and Lucie so much. I’m a sucker for a man who pines from afar, especially when he has been for years.

The reveal about her cat absolutely killed me.

If I were in this story I would want to be Lucie’s friend. She’s so determined and stubborn (in the best way) and I would happily read an entire series about her work with the Cause. In Bringing Down the Duke I was disappointed that the suffragette plot line wasn’t explored as much, so I was very happy to see how prominent it was in A Rouge of One’s Own. Docking a point for the imperialist undertones (

and the tattoo, which I physically cringed at

), but I was happy to see the author not excuse it as much as I remember in the BDTD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse and Colonisation

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

bexi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, War, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

loveisland's review

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

Truly worth it to see Lucie, the absolute hell on wheels, rabble-rouser nightmare, be loved exactly for who she is and on her terms

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Eating disorder