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karablong's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gaslighting
swagboat69's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Misogyny
Moderate: Child abuse
annahamburger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Child abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, and Misogyny
Minor: Ableism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Blood
samschnell19'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
3.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Gaslighting
haleysversion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content
booksalacarte's review
- 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
3.75
Book 5 covers the marriage of convenience/love letters/single father side of romance tropes. I have to say that this is one of the top 3 in the series for me.
Julia Quinn gets some things very right, but also some things very wrong. I didn’t like the snapshot into common Edwardian marriages, but to ignore expectation would be even more unrealistic. And for what it was I think it was handled well.
The trauma on top of trauma that Phillip had to work through was not delt with as well as I would have liked. His character had ostrich tendencies, which needs to be worked through with more than the time that was given.
Elouise’s character was consistent from the first books and great. She is opinionated, brash, and she got a complicated relationship, but anything less wouldn’t have forced her to grow.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
cocopeia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship
elle_in_amsterdam's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Self harm, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Suicide
linkamarisa'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
2.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Sexism
Minor: Mental illness, War, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
author2223's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Child abuse