Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore

17 reviews

eleek0609's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Confinement and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Confinement

Minor: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, War, and Death

Veiled cultural appropriation and fetishization of South Asian women

bexi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, War, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

loveisland's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

Truly worth it to see Lucie, the absolute hell on wheels, rabble-rouser nightmare, be loved exactly for who she is and on her terms

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Eating disorder

shannnne's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization

luckykosmos's review against another edition

funny 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

3.5

I love the characters individually, but I wasn't fond of the premise of their romance, and books where being smitten as children elide the introduction frustrate me. This one was better than others in that they still show that introduction and show how the characters' dynamics have stayed the same or changed over time, what that means for each of them, that Ballentine's needling of Lucie is an aspect of trying to get and keep her attention - but his proposition was still a slightly sour taste in my mouth. I also was not fond of how the dynamic with Arthur played out, and feel that he as a character could have been better than his stereotypical outcome.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

regen20's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-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, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Colonisation

Minor: Pregnancy

jmusil44's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization and War

brittshaw_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-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

4.75

4.75/5⭐️ | 2/5🌶 | 1/3⚠️ | 18+

Genre: historical romance

Diversity: feminist

Moods: Tense, romantic, feminist

Pace: medium to fast

Device(s): multiple POV

Trope(s): Enemies to lovers, forced business partners, wager

Notes: expertly crafted enemies to lovers - new “trope” that I’d love to see more of: forced business partners - Tristan and Lucie are both complex and made for each other - rare in a book series that I like the second book more than the first! Loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual violence

readwithde's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I spent quite a lot of time trying to find something I disliked about this book, any reason to give it 3 or 4 stars, but the truth is I absolutely adored it.

Lucie is completely different than what I remember from Bringing Down the Duke, but of course her strong exterior shrouds her vulnerability -- her loneliness and sacrifices made for the Cause.

Likewise, Ballentine reads much differently

Spoiler

when you realize his reputation is a facade, a way to numb his pain and provide space from entanglements that may jeopardize his plans to free himself from his father.

Childhood connection plus this passion for freedom inevitably turn their indecent proposal into love

Spoiler

(Ballentine's long-term crush on Lucie notwithstanding). Every choice they make seems real, and Dunmore gives them both space to think through these choices: when Ballentine realizes he waited too long to tell Lucie his plans, he knows she will be angry, possibly hate him, so he chooses to remain silent on the matter, clinging to as much time as possible.

They both grow and change so much through the process; in the end, Ballentine is right -- love makes them stronger. The challenges faced are truly considered and managed, not brushed aside for whim or fancy or "being in the moment." They are two serious people with real stakes; the respect that grows between them is tangible.

Spoiler

Though Cecily and Arthur tried various ways to disrupt the couple, neither had truly wrong intentions and neither truly paid for their involvement or insolence. In the end, Arthur actual gets what he wants from Ballentine (though he doesn't realize it); he is seen and heard and understood for his feelings, without judgment or shame.

It's a rare case where everyone wins, though not how they planned to. And it's beautiful in the making.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and War