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actualophelia's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, and Ableism
Minor: Death of parent and Infertility
arlangrey17's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit
meganmmmm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- 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
the first half of this book really had me going with the romance, i loved the build up of the relationship between daphne and the duke and their interractions but from the garden scene on it became such a wild ride.
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
i had kind of a hard time keeping up with the book and the characters after the rape scene, i found daphne and simon likeable as a duo before but after this it was hard to root for their relationship
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit
marionlundqvist's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit and Death of parent
olyally's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit
thelibraryofalexandra's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Vomit
meganpbennett's review against another edition
emotional
funny
- 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
If you, like me, decided to read The Duke and I because of the Bridgerton Netflix show, the book is very different. It covers the same time span, give or take, but it is very different.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.0
WARNING: the end of this book has a second epilogue/novella which seems to give away a LOT of the future relationships of the other siblings. I'm not sure how much of the future books will make the final relationships a surprise, but I think it's a little unfair for them to be added so soon. Didn't change how much I like this book.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Sexism
sierranorgan's review against another edition
emotional
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- 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
There are more problematic things happening in this book on top of the very problematic *scene*. The minute a man says he has ownership over a woman, I absolutely lose it. I know it’s the *time period* or whatever but I’m not here for it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Vomit
fijke's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content
Minor: Violence and Vomit
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