Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Ett livsavgörande ögonblick by Julia Quinn

11 reviews

pauline79's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was the most complicated twist in the bridgerton series with an ending I wasn’t thinking of. 

Took a while to get into the neon story line but then again it’s a man’s take so took Gregory long enough to see what was in front if him! 

I liked the characters and the plot twist will be interesting to watch in the series. 

I would like it if he was more imaginative with the kids names though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny and Blood

Minor: Confinement and Gun violence

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

mariskyjy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

I enjoyed this one, but found Gregory lacking any particular personality until he was properly in love. He's easily the least problematic of the Bridgerton boys, in my opinion (sorry Colin?). I loved Lucy's little idiosyncrasies, and the family drama, if vague, was a fun mystery as well. Lucy came across a little waif-ish at times (especially after developing feelings for Gregory) but ultimately I loved her. 

Also! A side character is confirmed to be queer! I thought that was a nice addition. I'd read novels about them. The side characters really make this novel - not Richard and Hermione, perhaps, but Hyacinth is always a joy to crop up in this series. The "antagonists" were... Interesting. I might have liked more detail in their dealings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Death of parent

Re: confinement

Gregory ties Lucy to a water closet to stall the consummation of her wedding to another man. It kind of makes sense in context, but also seemed unnecessary.

Some spoilers below relate to the second epilogue

Lucy nearly dies of blood loss after the birth of her 8th and 9th children.

bzliz's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I never could have predicted how absolutely batshit this book was going to be. It started out slow and stereotypically Bridgerton-y but about halfway through, things start to speed up. By the 2/3 mark, shit is absolutely popping off. We’re talking hands being thrown, blackmail, treason, gunshots, and of course a little interrupting weddings to top it off. They don’t even get peace in the epilogues!

Gregory is not even 40 and they have NINE KIDS, including two newborn twins, and Lucy damn near bleeds out after giving birth.

I kind of loved the drama of it all but I can’t forgive how completely boring Lucy and Gregory are as people. They don’t really have personalities and I wasn’t able to invest in their love like I could for most of the other Bridgerton siblings. He only gets a tiny pass for busting into a church to stop a wedding and propose to the bride himself. And I guess Lucy has some OCD tendencies too. 

Unfortunately, I don’t know who I’d recommend this final book in the series to. Spice lovers will not be satisfied at all. I think maybe self deprecating messy gays could enjoy, since they finally have a little representation. That said: I had a good time and I’m ready to say goodbye to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Pregnancy/medical trauma in the 2nd epilogue.

Lucy is pregnant with their 8th child which turns out to be twins. While they’re celebrating the surprise, she starts feeling faint and passes out. The midwife works hard to help her but Lucy is losing a lot of blood (semi-graphic description, if you’re squicky about blood) and there’s only so much she can do. Lucy starts to recover but that’s the end of the second epilogue.

Trafficking/kidnapping:

Lucy’s uncle brokered a marriage for her like 10 years prior so they’ve been waiting for her to grow up to marry this lord. His father has been blackmailing her family and she is the final piece of payment. She’s intended to be the lord’s beard and still continue the family line even if it means the dude’s creepy dad gets her pregnant.

allison87's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

Errors/lack of communication lead to unhinged amounts of drama. It's very entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault

hayleyvem's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

rebecca_arielle's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Confinement and Gun violence

lunep's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

kirbylover16's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh. Not a lot of steam way too much drama. I don't like Gregory. He's a stalker, ties Lucy up in a not sexy way, and believes he can own whatever woman he wants even if they don't want him. There's LGBTQ representation but Gregory is kinda terrible to him. But at least they don't make him the bad guy, progress? It's rushed in the end but so slow the rest of the book. I have mixed feelings about Lucy. She's supposedly close to her family/found family but doesn't know them at all.

Herminoe/her brother, Her father, and Uncle. Both her brother and uncle treat her like shit. It doesn't take much for her to believe her father is a traitor. It's so clear it was really her uncle that she comes off super naive.

She knows she going to marry this one guy but never meets him, writes to him, or tries to learn anything about him till a week before their wedding. All of the men in this treat Lucy and women in general so terribly to make Gregory look like a hero. I hate the epilogues in this one. There's no Whisledown or Lady Danbury. How does it compare to the rest of the books? Not well.
Best to Worse
1,3,7, The ones you should read.
6,4,2,8, 5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, and Pregnancy

The Epilogues are horrible and the reason for a lot of the tags. You can take off pregnancy, medical trauma, and most of the body horror if you skip that part.