Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

63 reviews

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Ableism, and Addiction

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, War, Blood, and Deadnaming

jonezzzing's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Ableism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gun violence, War, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Kidnapping, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Cursing, and Dysphoria

Just a small heads-up for my fellow transfems:

the FMC tops the MMC

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reading_rainbow_rachel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

A heartbreakingly beautiful story of the love two people have for one another. With characters that have so much love for each other but are working on loving themselves unapologetically while working out how they identify themselves outside of how society defines them in so many ways. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

thelostartofsecretkeeping's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Drug use, War, Vomit, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Ableism

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I've read most of Alexis Hall's books, and I do think this might be my favorite. From a cis-gendered perspective, I found that Hall took on the topic of being trans in this historical period and did it fairly well while making all of his characters accepting of Viola's identity because, at the end of the day, it's fiction and its romance, which needs a happy-ever-after. Hall did a good job of taking modern ideas, of transness, PTSD, bisexuality, etc, and fitting them into a historical context in a natural way that did not feel like prescribing modern terminology to the characters and the period. I enjoyed Justin and Viola's relationship greatly, and I liked that it had some aspect of adventure to it, and I look forward to reading the sequel, which I imagine will be about Mira. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, War, Transphobia, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Dysphoria

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Transphobia, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Sexism, Misogyny, Ableism, and Violence

nicoleonbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? N/A

5.0

A beautiful romance about love having the power to change you, and also being g loved as you are.

This is incredibly well written. It is the right mix of sad and hopeful. Viola is strong and Gracewood is tender, and they fit each other perfectly. The side characters feel like good friends and family. 

I think it's also worth noting that the sex scenes are very few but they're beautifully realistic. I want more talk around sex like this in books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, War, Kidnapping, and Blood

jasmine567's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely fell in love with this book and it set me on a romance kick. The longing and love the characters had for each other was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Ableism, Deadnaming, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism