Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore

5 reviews

laurajeangrace's review

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Minor: War, Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

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

eleek0609's review

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Confinement

Minor: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, War, and Death

Veiled cultural appropriation and fetishization of South Asian women

meganpbennett's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

A Rogue of One's Own sees Lady Lucie, a suffragette who has just bought half of the shares of London Print, going head to head with the notorious rogue Tristan. Who owns the other half of the shares of London Print. It's hate at first sight, since there's no way that a nobleman would ever support the suffragette cause, or help repeal the married women's property act. And there's no way he'll let her publish anything radical in their co-owned newspaper, would he? Until, he offers her a deal to become the majority stakeholder in London Print. But will she take it, and what will happen if she does?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization