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An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

25 reviews

tessamcevan's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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

2.25

I quite liked Sophie and I understand why Benedict fell in love with her. On the other hand Benedict spends 3/4 of this book being entitled and rude and condescending, so the only explanation must indeed be, as Sophie posits, that she fell in love with him before she even met him. Really didn't like him, even after he finally apologized. Inconsiderate horrible man.
The Cinderella storyline with the cartoonishly evil stepmother really detracted from what was an interesting central conflict.

The titular offer from a gentleman is Benedict asking Sophie to be his mistress, since she is not of high enough class to be a suitable wife for a gentleman. Sophie says no because she doesn't want to risk bringing illegitimate children into the world.

What this arrangement or an 'unsuitable' marriage would mean socially went underexplored in favor of Cinderella-based melodrama, which I thought was kind of a shame. 
Julia Quinn also did a good job at the beginning of the novel, when she wrote very nicely about

how much it hurts Sophie that Benedict doesn't recognise her anymore.

It was lovely angst! I was emotionally invested! Unfortunately she quickly discarded that in favour of the sickbed trope. 
Out of the side characters only one had any significant development. The Bridgertons, especially Violet were all very nice and reasonably witty, though it seemed odd to me that no one had any objections to Sophie. Very modern sentiments from these period characters. 
The sex scenes were unremarkable to bad. The audiobook narration probably didn't help. 
The narrator did a nice voice for Sophie and other female characters but made all male characters including the ever so dashing Benedict sound like old men. Genuinely bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Deportation

Contains attempted rape by a group of men. Contains consent issues during sexual scenes on par with Julia Quinn's usual writing.

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Death of parent