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ferdireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
i really wish this series would've had a lgbtq+ sibling or family member, and somehow i hoped that would be eloise. bc there's no fucking way that between 8 siblings, not a single one is queer (and dont talk to me abt "but it's not period accurate!" i assure you, 100%, queer people have always existed, so yes, we can have a period accurate queer romance, bc yes, it would make fucking sense, bc, like i said, we've always fucking been here).
this book was definitely better than the others story-wise, but the characters drove me up a fucking wall. especially, as you may have guessed, phillip. now i know, he's a product of his father's abuse and society's failures, but holy shit—he was so misogynistic, always going on and on abt women's shortcomings and how much better it is to be a man and how women are the inferior sex and all that dumb stupid bullshit, and, the cherry on top, admitted to having raped his late wife. like how insane is that. how are we, as readers (who, in the majority, are females, female aligned or afab), are supposed to feel abt a man who plainly admitted he fucking raped his late wife? idc if he puked his guts out later from the guilt, he still did it! and to quote directly from the book, he did it bc "even though she didn't say anything, she didn't say no". im pretty sure that's fucking verbatim. and no im not tagging this as a spoiler, bc i feel like ppl need to be warned abt that before heading into this book. genuinely, what the hell was quinn thinking when writing this. like, no. i dont want this man near me, not even 10 ft away from me. like he needs to be at least 50 ft from me, and i have to have a restraining order against him. (and against daphne, too. we all know why).
i wonder how much shittier the men (and possibly other characters) will turn out in the rest of the bridgerton series...at this point i say: surprise me, julia quinn. surprise me.
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt
Minor: Rape
idk_indigo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual content
wyrmwood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Gaslighting
aleciamcnaught89's review against another edition
- 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
2.25
Problematic relationships.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape
walkingcha0s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism
arantxisimaa's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
jessk349's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Death of parent
esv_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Grief
fenkje's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I liked this book, but I didn't love it. The previous Bridgerton books spoke more to me than this one did. Don't get me wrong: it wasn't bad at all, but it was just not completely what I expected. Eloise is one of my favourite Bridgerton siblings, so my expectations were a lot higher. I loved the beginning of the book, but I found it a bit boring after a while. The end made up for it in some way, but it wasn't enough for me.
Also: the s*x-scenes were so unrealistic, reading this as woman. Women don't 'explode', as described by Quinn, as easy or at all in the way the couple made love. I would have loved a more realistic representation.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
swagboat69's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse