Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

5 reviews

hayleyvem's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit and Grief

penandpaper's review against another edition

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.

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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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

lunep's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy and War

writtenbydnicole's review

emotional lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

readwithde's review

dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

I wasn't expecting this book, but I think it was worth the read.

First, Phillip spends the majority of the book dealing with undue weight of responsibility on him -- things he neither expected or wanted, but dealt with as needed.

Spoiler

Primarily his brother's death leading to his marriage to Marina and her attempted suicide, which leads to her death.

Eloise is obviously an escape for him -- both a chance to be seen and heard, but more practically someone to ease his load and shoulder some responsibility for his home and children. And Eloise does not appreciate the seeming bait-and-switch effect this causes.

The primary conflict stems from this: Phillip has no example of a good father and no practice being a good husband. He is lonely, desperate, and traumatized. Eloise doesn't automatically fix everything, but her ability to listen, love, and take charge give him just enough breathing room to manage his own issues, though other events help him along.

There's quite a lot of kissing and passion, more so than the other books, as Phillip uses that to avoid emotions and words. It is honestly more Phillip's story than Eloise's, as her undergoes the most changes and self-discovery.

Emotional, but good story; would have loved more of Eloise's spunk, as her character was often drown out due to others' needs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence