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To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

33 reviews

wyrmwood's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced

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

Sir Philip deserves to be castrated

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kerry_lawless31's review against another edition

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Sir Philip go to jail!!!

TW: SA

Honestly I didn't finish it, as soon as Philip admits he SA'd his wife I couldn't really read on. I don't care how often he feels remorse for how he treats his children or how he treated his wife, he's a terrible person.

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theasi's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

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claudcloud's review against another edition

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sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Was Julia Quinn simply in the mood to commit a crime when she decided to marry Eloise off to someone who 1. she barely knows, 2. emotionally abandoned his children their entire lives because he was "scared he'd turn into his father" so he never even tried, 3. makes his wife's suicide all about him and only talks about how difficult it was for him to be married to a depressed person, 4. commits marital rape even though he knows full well that his wife is in no condition to consent, 5. in spite of that, is unable to stop mentioning how long it's been and how much he wants sex every 2 pages once they're married because he hasn't gotten any in eight years, as if that somehow justifies any of it, and 6. LITERALLY TELLS HER TO CONSIDER "SHUTTING HER MOUTH AND USING IT FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE"????

All I have to say is the show better give her a story worthy of the brilliant character she is because this? Is not it, at all.

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hannahm23's review against another edition

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1.25

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nightstitch96's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

1.5

The way this book talks about depression and suicide is disgusting. Phillip is horrible. I cannot believe he is constantly referred to as a good man while he:

1. was incredibly neglectful and toxic to his children.

2. was CONSTANTLY talking about how his wife's depression was such a "burden on him" and "how hard is it to just be happy" and how he's "not bad in bed so how dare she just lay there and not enjoy it"

3. literally said that Marina "couldn't even kill herself properly"

4. was constantly telling Eloise to stop talking

5. literally said "will you just shut up and do something else with that mouth" when Eloise was trying to tell him about how something was wrong with how the kid's caretaker was treating the kids

6. acting like he owned Eloise

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mariskyjy's review against another edition

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Thought I would grow to like Eloise's love interest after hearing more of his back story, but I can't stand him.

Tw: noncon, child abuse, mention of post partum depression below

• said he hadn't had sex in a long time and went to visit wife marina. "She didn't say no," (I think the implication was PPD) but seemed disinterested. He felt awful afterwards, which is a *great* excuse (sarcasm)

• the kids are terrified of him. "His" son asks, upon getting in trouble, "are you going to hit us?" And Philip is a menacing presence to them, and doesn't know how to parent them. Like even if you have never hit your kid(s) (which Eloise is convinced that she's *such* a good judge of character, despite only meeting this guy within the last week, that Phillip could *never* abuse his kids), they shouldn't be terrified that you're going to. End of sentence. No, wait: fuck this guy. Now end of sentence.

• spoiler, the "reasoning" for this is eventually that his father was horribly abusive towards him, and Phillip is trying not to be like him. Cool reason, bro. I get that therapy was not a huge thing back then (assuming) but my god. Work on yourself to not be like your father.

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ambrosiablue's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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 read this book because I liked the Netflix show so much that I wanted to read ahead. I regret it, and hope Netflix does a better job with Eloise's story.

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lerl_'s review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

2.0

i think i can fairly say that reading this means i've also read men are from mars, women are from venus.

eloise deserved so much better than a man that sexually assaulted his suicidal wife and then neglects his children after her death.

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ntanash's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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