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actualophelia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Minor: Infertility and Death of parent
arlangrey17's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
meganmmmm's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
i heard someone describe it as a train wreck you can’t look away from and that is quite exactly what it was for me
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
marionlundqvist's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit and Death of parent
olyally's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Vomit
thelibraryofalexandra's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Vomit
meganpbennett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Daphne Bridgerton is the fourth child and first daughter of the eight children of the Bridgerton family, who names their children alphabetically. She's looking for a love match during the Ton of Regency England, and she's on her third season. Prospects are not looking good.
Simon Basset, the new Duke of Hastings, has vowed never to marry, and certainly never to sire children.
They bump into each other, and decide that, since Daphne has no marriage prospects and Simon wants all of the Mamas of the Ton to leave him alone, they will fake court until she has a proposal she might accept. Even Mrs. Whistledown, the writer of a gossip sheet widely read by the Ton, buys it. But, like all fake dating, it gets a little real.
If you've seen the Netflix show, you know about the duel, the wedding, and the scene that makes people really really mad. If you haven't, Simon is caught kissing Daphne and Anthony challenges him to a duel when he won't marry Daphne to ensure her reputation won't be ruined. Daphne saves his life by convincing him to marry her, and they have a rather short engagement. The rest, dear readers, is up to you.
Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit
There is a sex scene in the book that can (and should) be read as sexual assault, depending on the reader. Simon is pulling out to avoid impregnating Daphne, and Daphne realizes that it's because he can impregnate her, he just doesn't want to. She thinks he lied to her - he said he can't have children when it's really that he won't have them - and has sex with him the morning after he gets incredibly drunk and distracts him long enough so that he ejaculates before pulling out. The 'vomit' warning is from the second epilogue, which is not in every copy. A pregnant character vomits 'on screen' several times.jeanneerin's review against another edition
- 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 wish I'd read this before watching the Netflix show. It was a very nice book, but it's missing what I loved the most from the show which means all I thought throughout reading it was about those missing items. But it's a sweet book and a quick read. Quinn has a great knack for slowing down and speeding up time that has been missing from a number of other books I've read lately. I'll be reading the other books happily.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Vomit
sierranorgan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Vomit
fijke's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content
Minor: Violence and Vomit