Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

75 reviews

mk_meow's review against another edition

4.0

2.5🌶️ euphemisms

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping and Abandonment

moonflower7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kerrythefire's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was a sweet book. I don't really know what else to say about it. The characters were all dynamic individuals whom I liked (minus the scummy "villain" ones, of course), and the love story was honest, kind, and sweet. Viola and Gracewood were so good and gentle to each other so it was nice to quietly watch them struggle through and eventually find their happily ever after. 

This is one of those books where people just show up for each other, and embrace each other despite society and judgement. From Viola's brother and sister in law, to Gracewood's sister, to the company they kept, to Gracewood himself... this was a book about a bunch of slightly misfit, "different" characters, and that just made the whole experience refreshing.

The narrator also did a great job!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Deadnaming

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

The pace was very slow and repetitive and the plot tended to zigzag around, but the writing was beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

suerte_encantada's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: War

nothingtosay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, War, and Classism

sabrina118's review against another edition

It is so incredibly slow paced, the plot completely shifts about halfway through, and it’s 100 pages longer than it needs to be.

I specifically stopped around the sex scene (yes, 75% into the book)

The hyper dramatics and bland romance just made it impossible to continue. So disappointed, I wanted to love this and I did really enjoy Boyfriend Material by the same author. But it is so inconsistent, melodramatic, and not engaging enough to justify the length.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and Transphobia

As a big Jane Austen fan, I was frequently confused by the the “alternate” Regency era depicted in this book cuz women’s virtue is depicted as both integral and also not important at all

(casually talking about premarital sex at public events type beat).

It was like it couldn’t decide exactly which elements of the period to keep and which to alter for the story, so they just mashed a bunch of things together.

meat_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Abandonment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Transphobia

ezwolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Been non-stop thinking of “How many times must I mourn you?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Transphobia, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Sexual harassment

ellagrady's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Transphobia, and Kidnapping