Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore

18 reviews

jencolumb0's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

If I could give this book ten stars, I would. It has it all: politics, emotional intelligence, well-written characters who develop through the story, grit, sex…. It’s the first third act break-up I have ever read that has literally brought me to tears (and I’ve read dozens and dozens of romance novels). Ms. Dunmore really sets a high water mark with this book. I adore it and could not recommend it more heartily.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Classism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

connerme's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

cepbreed's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

First read of 2024! I read 90% of this on the plane to London but have been so busy I only had time to read the last couple pages 5 days later. I was right when I thought that reading a good histrom would put me in the perfect mood for the beginning of my study abroad experience. It’s so lovely to know exactly where the areas of London they mention are in real life. Obviously everything looks so different but it’s still fun. Though this book had a really weak start and end the middle was quite good. If it weren’t for being stuck on a plane with no service and only this book downloaded I probably would’ve stopped reading and picked up something else. Both characters annoyed me a lot and though I appreciate the sentiment this book managed to lean too heavily into the social justice aspect. Like be self aware this is a histrom. A lot of the social justice parts were actually what made Harriet so annoying. Like she was so naive and so shy-washy, yet felt so much better than everyone for being a suffragette? Condescension at its finest. Lucien was no better. His whole character was an over exaggerated caricature of the dark-and-brooding male lead trope. His whole thing is aggression and violence and I’m meant to find that compelling? Though I’m venting my complaints I seriously did enjoy this but that’s because I read histroms for the steamy romance not the literally technicalities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

phippa's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia, Grief, Alcohol, and Addiction

itsgnat's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

bexi's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexual content, Death, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

eleek0609's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Classism, Child death, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

baearles's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Suicide

_alyssar_'s review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Sexism

amobrien's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Grief