Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

40 reviews

bibliomania_express's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Racism, and War

fishfish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Death

Minor: Sexism and Racism

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Confinement, Outing, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence

mamareadstuff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

I would give this six stars if I could. It was lovely. And challenging. And moving. And silly. And caring. And not what I expected for this type of book, but I loved it so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: War

leontyna's review against another edition

I don't care about the main characters or the beetles. I tried several times to listen to it but I am bored and get distracted listening. Also I was not fond of the language used for sex scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death

crystalisreading's review

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

More violence and tension than i expected, but nevertheless absolutely delightful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Abandonment, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Murder, Gun violence, Classism, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Outing, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racism, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, Colonisation, and Misogyny

bcope84's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, and Outing

torylynn's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

This was a fantastic M/M Historical Romance. I loved these two main characters, I loved their chemistry, I loved how they were both gentle, loving souls who tried their best with all the circumstances and hardships that came their way. They regretted and apologized for their mistakes, they communicated, and they listened to each other. My favorite thing in a romance is healthy communication, and it's a good sign when an author can come up with other ways to create drama and tension despite the characters working well together. While the romance is fantastic, there is also a great cast of supporting characters and a really interesting setting. I listened to this on audiobook at 1.4 speed and I liked the narration.
Edit: Bumping this up to 5 stars after reading the sequel (which is also fantastic) because I realized I loved this book even more than I thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Sexism and Sexual assault

jennp28's review

medium-paced

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

4.5

The back covers says “gothic scandal meets Bridgerton intrigue” and I think that pretty much sums it up. A surprisingly good adventure and decent plot for a historical romance. (Don’t worry, there’s spice too!) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Outing, and Sexual harassment