Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, by Mackenzi Lee

18 reviews

kriisivanukas's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction and Ableism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

sparkle5g's review

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

For the entirety of this book, I whispered the words out loud in an English accent 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Body horror, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

a_bloom's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

The writing is absolutely PHENOMENAL and so freaky funny. It's also heart reaching, but you can always kinda see it coming. It's technically a long book but something you could get through in a couple of days. 


<Spoiler>It also talks about a lot of interesting topics that were seen as taboo (although some of them aren't brought to a whole lot of detail considering the whole book is told from the perspective of a traumatized white teen boy who's an Earls son... But he slowly starts to learn, grow, and mature as he keeps ALMOST DYING.

Spoiler

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Outing, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

kaii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, and Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Slavery, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, and Religious bigotry

akwardgrinch's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Slavery, Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

onefineelephant's review

adventurous funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

8/10. I wasn't exactly swooning over this book but I did really enjoy it. I like the ending message that we would all be happier if we accepted our own and others' flaws. Monty had to learn to love himself. Felicity was a firecracker. Percy was a gracious love interest. I enjoyed the realistic sibling relationship. I also enjoyed the more tender moments. I'm not a fan of ambiguous endings but I understand why this book needed to have one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol

theroamingleo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted

4.75

Loved this book! Adventure, young love, finding oneself, danger, dysfunctional families, pirates that aren’t the average pirate, and more! Great story & writing, enjoyed the characters, & Christian Coulson’s narrating was enjoyable. So looking forward to reading Felicity’s story next! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

The main character does work in his drinking but it is a major theme in the book. Drinking & the urge to drink alcohol are brought up frequently so please be aware reading & seek help if needed!

anticapitalist_2000's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

taelights's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I thought the story and adventure was very fun plus Percy and Monty's relationship and dynamic was very good. I just wish we saw more of them as they don't get together until much later in the book and we barely get a pay off of all the pining as we don't get to see them actually being together much. I was hopeful for more content with them. 

I didn't enjoy Monty's character originally. I thought he was a selfish fuckboy alcoholic. Plus I hate in gay books when authors make the bi characters hook up with girls. If I wanted to read a hook up scene between a man and a woman I would have read a f/m romance rather than a m/m romance. Like it felt like Monty had more content with women than with his actual love interest Percy and I was very annoyed by that because as a gay person I want to read gay content which is the reason I read this book to begin with. 

While Monty did have some funny moments, I didn't come around to Monty until towards the end of the book. I preferred both Percy and Felicity a lot more. for most of the book. 

Also I found out the author is problematic so it also makes me also enjoy the book a bit less. I will try reading the others because I am interested to see more about the series and hopefully also get more Percy and Monty content but I will do so by also borrowing from the library like I did with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

edengrove's review

adventurous funny tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction