Reviews - The Gentleman's Book of Vices

639 reviews for:

The Gentleman's Book of Vices

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3.83 AVERAGE

gondorgirl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

Content Warnings

electricjuicebox's review

3.75

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lotsa_matcha's review against another edition

5.0

I want one about Jo dammit

bookishmillennial's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

himangi's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

Content Warnings

jam_sandwich's review against another edition

4.75

funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

sandretzky's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Yes

daniellesalwaysreading's review against another edition

3.0

For a book about people who spend their lives writing and reading erotica in Victorian London, there was surprisingly little erotica in this book. So it felt like a let down in the steamy bits department. Other than that the story was serviceable and the characters were fine. The most interesting part was the stuff about the publishing industry and the laws regarding writing and owning erotica in England at the time. It was incorporated into the story rather than being like a lecture. If it is true it was very enlightening (I will have to look it up sometime).

It didn't make me swoon, but it was entertaining. I'm not running out to read the next in the series, but if it happens to fall into my lap, I will probably pick it up.

geraldpdx's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful mysterious

a_manning11's review against another edition

3.0

This book is like watching a shadow puppet show instead of a 3d movie. And an unsatisfying deus ex machina ending.

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