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Reputation by Lex Croucher

37 reviews

brookesmith's review against another edition

dark funny reflective relaxing sad 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

4.0

4 stars!! oh my gosh i need a thomas in my life ASAP

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

hollsbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Racism

sourpersimmon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Blood

Minor: Rape

argentum_princeps's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Slavery, Racism, and Misogyny

beccaruthe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

kponturo's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

jlk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Classism, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

ajahde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This was very slow in the beginning but picked up and became much more interesting about halfway through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

Reputation by Lex Croucher is a drama filled story set in the regency era.  However, the number of scandals, the language, and the shear amount of debauchery is far removed from the literature of that era. It starts off slow and builds to utter chaos. Georgiana is a middle class girl whose parents' send her to live with her aunt and uncle.

Though she starts off a lonely, good girl she soon meets a gang of privileged aristocrats and gets pulled into a life of parties and flirtations. Things go too far and she starts to lose sight of who she is as well as starts to get a reputation.

Although it is said to be a romance, I would classify it as a coming of age drama light on romance and heavy on scandal. Georgiana does have a romance, but he is a classic good guy behind a brooding exterior, and she is the young heroine he needs to save from all manners of foolishness. 

Throughout the book though it isn't just the men who save the day, there are strong female characters who speak out for what is right. Unfortunately, we spend very little time with these characters and instead focus on the popular, posh people.

This book also deals heavily with the aftermath of topics like sexual assault and ones Reputation. A good third of the book is focused on that. The author does have a content warning for this. 

Overall, I rated it 3.5 stars as it was enjoyable, unbearable (oh how stupidly these people act), and generally entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug abuse