Scan barcode
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Rape, Slavery, Grief, and Pregnancy
- There is understated threat of blackmailing both main characters with homosexual/sodomy allegations throughout the book>
- Because semi-organized crime is a large part of the plot, there is violence and threats of violence throughout
- There is a torture scene, which is detailed but brief, consisting primarily of threats and culminating in a drowning attempt
- There are mentions of a past rape and veiled threats of rape
- The child abuse happens largely off-page, but the results are quite detailed, and it ultimately culminates in a knifing attempt
garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Dementia, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
kaneebli's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Outing
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Slavery, and Pregnancy
emburs's review
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia
Minor: Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
johns6ka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Child abuse and Murder
Minor: Racism and Rape
callidoralblack's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death and Abandonment
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
someryarns's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
emmahe's review
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence
erynlasbelin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Joss Doomsday is confident, charming, and eminently reasonable - and on the Marsh, his word is as good as law. But he is eager to avoid Gareth, who once spurned him in a fit of melancholy. At least until Gareth unwittingly puts his sister's freedom at stake. As the dust of this treacherous first encounter settles and the two form an unlikely partnership, peril encroaches on them from all sides.
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is an adventurous Regency romance populated by swashbuckling smugglers as well as prickly high society. It is also somewhat of a naturalist's book; Gareth's explorations out on the Marsh taught me a surprising amount about the great diving beetle. There are stolen fortunes, dangerous missions under cover of night, a lady scandalously wearing trousers, and murders to boot. But the real heart of the book lies in healing trauma and finding love (in partners as well as family). Gareth and Joss are shaped by their experiences, by their loved ones, and by their relationship to one another, and the end of the book finds them better situated for happiness than they've ever been before.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail