Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

53 reviews

lautreamont's review against another edition

adventurous funny relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent

ashtont's review

adventurous funny fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Misogyny

livinthebubble's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

Wow. Not what I was expecting but in a good way.

I'm not normally a historical fiction enthusiast, but this was so good. I even had this on my potential unhaul list, but I was pleasantly surprised. Although a smidge predictable, I had such a great time reading this. Pirates, highwaymen, running naked in Versailles. For a 500-page book, I was never bored.

All three main characters were great. My fave has to be Monty, our bisexual dumbass. The book was in his POV and the narration was funny af. There were too many moments where I laughed out loud. Percy was just a lil bean, the sweet and gentle one of the 3. Felicity was a mood (not as much as Monty tho) and I'm excited to see more of her in book 2.

"Felicity," my mother hisses down to her. "Perhaps you should remove you spectacles at the table."

"I need them for reading," Felicity says, eyes still fixed upon her smut.

The romance was so cute. This is what I mean when I say I want a slow burn. If you like unrequited pining, friends to lovers, forced to share a bed, tension (and so much more), this is for you. And the ending, oh my god. I just loved all of it.

"I love you, but I don't know how to help you. I still don't! I'm an emotional delinquent and I say wrong things all the time, but I want to be better for you. I promise that. It doesn't matter to me that you're ill and it doesn't matter if I have to give up everything, because you're worth it. You're worth it all because you are magnificent, you are. Magnificent and gorgeous and brilliant and kind and good and I just... love you, Percy. I love you so damn much." I almost cried. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

clemrain's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Physical abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Medical content, Racism, Alcoholism, Blood, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Vomit, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Deportation, and Sexual content

elerireads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

This was so good - just a really enjoyable book! Dramatic and ridiculous adventure, delicious romance with tension drawn out over the whole book via some faintly ludicrous and catastrophic misunderstandings, a good amount of angst but enjoyable angst rather than traumatic because it's the kind of writing where you feel secure that everything is going to turn out alright in the end, and some great characters and character development - the main character is a bit of an idiotic arsehole but you know he's had a rough go of it and very quickly you realise he's got a heart of gold so start really rooting for him. Highly recommend this as a fun pick-me-up kind of read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Physical abuse, Biphobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia

georgiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, Alcohol, Racism, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Homophobia, Death, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous funny

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

Moderate: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Slavery, Misogyny, Death, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Medical content

Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Xenophobia, and Cursing

phasesofthemoony's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

galleytrot's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Vomit, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts