Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

17 reviews

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

1.5

Ah, yikes. The discussion of suicide, but most /especially/ the second epilogue, was...cringey at best. Phillip’s entire character had great potential, but his treatment of his children and inability to listen to /any/ feedback or have /any/ productive discussion, was an extreme turnoff. Yeah, sure, he had a lightbulb moment and changed his attitude, but that happened way too late and wayyy too quickly for the book to be any sort of enjoyable or even tolerable. Poor Eloise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

erikalv97's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I really didn’t like the romance in this book, nor did I like the love interest Sir Phillip, the only reason I’m giving this book 3 stars is because of the rest of the Bridgertons made a brief appearance, also, I really liked Oliver and Amanda 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

ashlynhu's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

josefineojda's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

motivationsloch's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted relaxing slow-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

2.0

I'm negatively surprised. Eloise - the tough girl fighting for her own right is taking the second-best (or maybe the fourth-best). 
In the letters in each chapter's beginning you can clearly see that she detested features of Sir Phillip - more in numbers but exactly the same issues - that she pointed out for her previous suitors.
Phillip appears to be ignorant for her and his children's needs which should clearly be a sign that he won't be any better to her own future children. The change of his whole attire in the end isn't that strongly supported by the text and would have needed some more time - even if the development is splendid (a wort Julia Quinn uses more than regularly).
Apart from all, I think Sir Phillip shows the most misogynistic tendencies in the whole series as far (apart from the drunken men in the Sophie part) and I was stunned in the worst way that Eloise wasn't helping herself. She could have run before her brothers have arrived. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, and Death of parent

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

bitchwithapitch's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.25

With books 2-4 I've always found slightly iffy moments or just plain bad writing, but the overall reading experience has at least been fun (and in the cases of books 2 and 4 I genuinely liked the books, flawed as they are). This is the first Bridgerton novel I've read that it was actually a struggle to get through. The handling of depression and suicide is abysmal, sir Phillip is incredibly unlikeable, and I just can't buy that his relationship with Eloise is remotely romantic. I'm not going to shame anyone for enjoying this book, but if you want to know if you can skip this one or not, you definitely can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

A lot of demonizing of a character who was depressed and took her own life. Said character is then used as an excuse to guilt trip the heroine into thinking her marriage is actually great. There is repeated mentions of a sexual situation that I personally read as rape too, so beware.