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O Conde Enfeitiçado by Julia Quinn

34 reviews

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

2.75

Oh this is probably tied for my least favourite of the series so far. I really liked the first half where Francesca and Michael are trying to grapple with their grief. It felt so raw and emotional, you end up caring a lot for the characters. How they grow, their desires to show up for each other, but how shame, fear and sorrow hold them back. But the last half was a brutal slog. I did not like the latter half of Michael’s characterization, which was brutish, mean and seemed pressuring in a way that made me uncomfortable. And it’s like Francesca lost all personality, other than becoming some sort of “oh my” kind of character. It also felt like it was just rehashing some of the same issues at the beginning of the book without adding anything new to the plot. I ended listening to the last third of the book on 1.8x speed just to get through it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.0

Thia is probably the best Bridgerton I have read so far. It had consistent characterisation and managed to convey the grief and distress the main characters feel quite well. The sex scenes also were more varied than in the previous books. Still i would say the romance was the weakest part and Michael's behaviour at times upsetting. Also Julia Quinn sets up that Francesca wants a baby as her primary motivation and then doesn't even think to tell the reader if she ever gets one until the later-added second epilogue.
Colin Bridgerton is briefly in this book and bizarrely perceptive compared to Romancing Mr Bridgerton.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Colonisation

naluminum's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Francesca’s and John’s love story was sweet and wholesome and unfortunately cut short when John dies young after only 2 years of marriage. The beauty in this love story is how Francesca and Michael separately process their grief for losing a beloved family member and eventually find each other. Michael is supportive of Francesca’s autonomy as the Countess and he is supportive later on of her struggles with infertility but I did not like his character because of his tendency to be aggressive, how he avoided taking on the responsibility of his new position for 3 years, and how he coerced Francesca into marrying him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Medical content

gauriraut's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

britwalsh16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed Francesca’s story. I wish we had gotten more of her & Johns relationship at the beginning. But I do love her & Michael & them being best friends, makes me really happy to read about. I liked watching their internal struggles dealing with their feelings for eachother in the wake of John’s death too, very realistic. 

The only part I didn’t really like was the whole "seduction" plot Michael started when he got to Scotland. It seemed so out of character. He spent the first half of the book fighting his feelings for Francesca & how he couldn’t be with her cause it "disrespected" John. I agree with them getting married making sense & him proposing & trying to convince her, but when the convincing became seduction, it just felt wrong, & it just surprised me coming from Michael who deeply respected Francesca, but that didn’t feel like respect at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infertility, Violence, Alcohol, and War

mikaylawood's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Minor: War

esv_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

sunnivab's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

mgondwe's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a 3.5 stars. I always enjoy reading Julia Quinn books, and appreciate her writing style. This book started off really well for me, but the ending (while I’m happy that the characters received a good ending,) just wasn’t satisfying to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

lauryn_with_a_y's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

overall: i think i liked it? i love francesca as a character and parts of the romance worked (namely the Yearning on michael's end) but christ alive the casual misogyny and not-so-veiled rape threats got to me. most of the romance didn't work for me for precisely that reason;

michael wants to marry francesca, and instead of telling her he's been in love with her for six years and that her late husband would want her to be happy, he decides to seduce her in an attempt to manipulate her into marriage. he threatens to continue having sex with her (implied to be with or without her consent, at one point even threatening to tie her up so she can't get away) until she gets pregnant and is FORCED to marry him. romance!

after all that, i almost didn't finish the book. but then ms quinn hit me with a truly poignant and moving portrayal of grief, trauma, and moving on and allowing yourself to be happy again after the unthinkable has happened. that, combined with the really fun and heartfelt relationship of the bridgerton family, almost made it worth it for me. almost.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Colonisation, War, and Classism