Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

5 reviews

zitaknowshowtoread's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

safa9706's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse

erikalv97's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I really didn’t like the romance in this book, nor did I like the love interest Sir Phillip, the only reason I’m giving this book 3 stars is because of the rest of the Bridgertons made a brief appearance, also, I really liked Oliver and Amanda 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Rape

aliciafroy's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.25

With books 2-4 I've always found slightly iffy moments or just plain bad writing, but the overall reading experience has at least been fun (and in the cases of books 2 and 4 I genuinely liked the books, flawed as they are). This is the first Bridgerton novel I've read that it was actually a struggle to get through. The handling of depression and suicide is abysmal, sir Phillip is incredibly unlikeable, and I just can't buy that his relationship with Eloise is remotely romantic. I'm not going to shame anyone for enjoying this book, but if you want to know if you can skip this one or not, you definitely can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

A lot of demonizing of a character who was depressed and took her own life. Said character is then used as an excuse to guilt trip the heroine into thinking her marriage is actually great. There is repeated mentions of a sexual situation that I personally read as rape too, so beware.