Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

O Conde Enfeitiçado by Julia Quinn

12 reviews

walkingcha0s's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

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

jestareader's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

Fun read, finished while in Scotland. 

I do wish that we got to see more of Michael's "devil may care" or lighthearted side. It felt like he was also "flashing a warning look" or otherwise in a foul mood which did put me off of him a bit. t

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

Minor: Colonisation

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

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

floatingcoward's review against another edition

Sorry, no. The depiction of India. "Females". And the weirdly coercive sex scene. No.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation

jess_justmaybeperfect's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

4.75

The best Bridgerton by far! 

I had to knock a 1/4 point off because

I find both the just relax and enjoy life and POOF infertility is cured epilogue and also life is incomplete without a baby for women theme very exhausting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent and Colonisation

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

booksbyantheia's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Es un cuatro sólido. La historia de Michael y Francesca es espectacular: es diferente a las demás, incluso si el elemento de la viudez estuvo en el libro anterior. Su química es muy buena. La personalidad de Francesca está muy bien planteada, y se hace destacar. 

Odié profundamente un detalle particular, y es la cantidad de chistes sobre violación que hace Michael. No me sorprende considerando los antecedentes de Quinn, pero el hecho de que se hubiera tomado el tiempo de marcarlo como un hombre que sabe lo que es el consentimiento para luego hacer esas bromas (sobretodo en relación a la libertad sexual entre él y Frannie) se me hizo pesadísima. No son muchas, pero definitivamente le bajan una estrella al libro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

amomentofmusic's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

A fun sexy regency romp, with some light forbidden love vibes. Loved the characters, and enjoyed the different set up, with Francesca being a widow. This book had the best steamy scenes in the series so far, enabled by the fact that she is not an untouched virgin. At the same time, explores some themes around grief, which gave the characters some degree of dimension.
 
There is some attempt at highlighting consent, though I won't say that Micheal doesn't engage in some slightly iffy behavior around pregnancy to convince Francesca. 

Still, one of my favorites Bridgeton books so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

Minor: Colonisation