A review by penandpaper
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

lighthearted 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

2.25

Not bad, especially for a Bridgerton book, but also not the best. The characters were interesting, and the premise was intriguing. But overall, the author dropped the ball on a lot of the emotional groundwork made in the beginning of the novel.

Most of the emotional pieces, like abuse, didn’t really come into play, and the book would have benefited from a bit more nuance with how to approach depression. Making a woman a villain for being depressed and emphasizing how much better a woman without depression is was not the way to handle Phillip’s trauma

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail