Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

10 reviews

mariahmmm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

Cecilia Bassingthwaite, lady pirate, has finally had her first assassination attempt from a charming rake. Thus starts a wild and unhinged adventure of flying houses, double-crossing agents, a slow-burn romance, and a battle royale (literally) - all while maintaining the decorum and quality of an English lady.

What a chaotic story! Nothing makes sense, and that is part of the book's charm. Filled with quirky characters with a strange set of morals and values, this was mostly a fun epic adventure. The book was a 4/5 until the (literal) climax of the slow-burn romance, with the experienced Ned seemingly taking advantage of naive Cecilia that left a sour taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Drug use, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Drug use, Gun violence, and Cursing

clairew97's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Sexism

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Misogyny, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

desdowns's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.0

If the ladies of Pride and Prejudice became rogue pirates captaining magical flying houses, this is how I imagine they would turn out. The writing is always witty and often  hilarious. It’s a coming-of-age story, a steamy insta-romance, a critique of the patriarchy, an exploration of generational trauma, and a love letter to female familial relationships. Lady scoundrels certainly have all the fun. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, and Drug use

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Drug use

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I surprised me how much! I was trying to explain this book to some friends and the best I can come up with is a weird and wonderful romcom that feels like if you mashed together My Lady Jane and Pride and Prejudice or Bridgerton, but make it Victorian 😅

I absolutely loved the characters - obviously the two main characters but I also just found so many from the Wisteria Society hilarious!? And the quotes and misquotes from classic poets were so fun! Loved seeing a bit of Wordsworth and Byron mixed in with the Brönte quotes.

You definitely have to suspend reality but when don't we in books? Very enjoyable and I laughed out loud numerous times!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

rchristine11's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, and Gun violence

meghanm404's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Violence

mollyanne624's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Drug use