Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

17 reviews

smiti_nathan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Outing

churrocaitie's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a fun book that felt like an adventure of a lifetime for women in the “Bridgerton” era (aka Regency England). 

It took me a good halfway through before I saw where the book was going but when I got there, I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. I enjoyed how special each new character was that was introduced, and I loved how unique and dark Alison Goodman wrote the storyline with “history” as a baseline. I’m always a sucker for anything not-modern and I totally got my fix in this, while also enjoying a story that was perfectly adventurous enough for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Violence, Excrement, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

goldseamedglass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Slavery

mcohara2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death

wonderreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

idesofmarch's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

alhalpern's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment