Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid

6 reviews

cepbreed's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

The first half of this book give or take had me in a chokehold. I loved Kitty's brash actions, her devotion to her family, but I also had many complaints. There was a lot of unnecessary exposition, like, I get it's the first book in a series but all the descriptions of her friends felt out of place. It was weird to mention so many names when readers would have absolutely no recall when they were mentioned again. I was like "who tf is Ophelia?" Also the duke's personality in the beginning felt so far removed from who he was at the end, not even, at the 3/4 mark. I understand he is hurt and too prideful to allow others to perceive his hurt or even help him, but how did that manifest so differently so quickly? Character development is a thing, but the key word here is development, which Alexander was evidently lacking. His indecisiveness was so frustrating, I did really end up liking Kitty though. She embarrassed me a bit, but she felt like a friend almost. At the end of the day this is a histrom so I can't expect something revolutionary, but somethings really ruined the reading experience, the immersion, for me.

...(I get it was supposed to be an unexpected moment but him literally collapsing mid stroke???? I was so cringed out I had to detox on TikTok for a couple minutes).

Song:

• cowboy like me - Taylor Swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infertility, Sexual content, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

chrisljm's review against another edition

emotional relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Drug abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, Grief, and Pregnancy

ellie_murdock's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

alice_gibson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cup_of_rosie's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a good easy read, i wished there would be more though as I usually do with these types of books. It was a very good retelling of beauty and the beast, and I enjoyed their romance and the disability representation. Overall good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

ashleycmms's review

dark emotional funny sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Infertility, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail