Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

33 reviews

megb64's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

haleysversion's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

gabyhat's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

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

2.0

Eloise refused countless marriage proposals just to settle for a man who only saw her sexual and motherly worth? Unbelievable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Pregnancy

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

safa9706's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

[Trigger Warnings for this book cause I’ve not seen anyone put them: r*pe, SA, mentions previous child abuse]

Just Julia Quinn doing what Julia Quinn does best: romanticising men with anger issues who disregard consent and seem to think they deserve a medal for the few times they don’t “force themselves” onto their love interests (i.e. there are times when they actually do force themselves on women FYI Julia Quinn that’s literally r*pe)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse

nanslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

2.0

Phillip is definitley the most insufferable of all the Bridgerton love interests for me and TSPWL is absolutely one of the weaker books in the series. The interesting, unique premise of Eloise running off to marry a stranger loses any charm when we meet the stranger himself. Phillip sucks, to put it frankly. The book (poorly, might I add) portrays depression in an unsympathetic way and, though it IS set during the Regency Era, a lot of the views made me feel. Uncomfortable. Phillip's views, specifically- a reaction Eloise seems to share! Yet these misgivings of Phillip's character are completely ignored or 'explained' away by how much he hated his extremely mentally unwell wife (of whom, he CHOSE to marry, by the way. he calls it the 'right thing to do' but laments how miserable she was constantly, even when in a supposedly happy union with Eloise.) Also, what is it with this author and scenes with dubious consent? First Saphne in Book 1 and now Phillip and Marina in that very violating flashback that he had. Just, overall, a very unenjoyable book and quite possibly one of the most unromantic romances I've ever read. The two stars are for Phillip's kids and Eloise. Fuck Phillip Crane.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism

bstokes72's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Death of parent

erikalv97's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I really didn’t like the romance in this book, nor did I like the love interest Sir Phillip, the only reason I’m giving this book 3 stars is because of the rest of the Bridgertons made a brief appearance, also, I really liked Oliver and Amanda 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

beffynicole's review against another edition

tense 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

1.75

My question is: how many times can Julia Quinn write the exact same story with different names and get away with it?

I wanted to love this book. I loved Eloise, that is, at least the Eloise we saw in earlier books & in the show. However, this Eloise was almost nothing like either version. Somehow, this author is great at showing us how side characters have motivations and great personalities, but as soon as they become the main character & love interest, they suddenly lose all depth & interesting parts about themselves. Instead of being the Eloise we've learned about from other snippets, we meet a ridiculously foolish girl obsessed with love & any good parts of Eloise were drowned out by Phillip.

Maybe I would have rated this higher if I read it before the other books, but I'm growing increasingly bored with reading the same story over and over. Man meets woman. Man has a temper that is hard to control. Man also has secret. Man & woman get caught in whatever compromising position. Forced to marry without love. They fight. Then they realize they love each other & everything is solved.

Oh and let's not forget the running theme that the author does not understand consent & at some point someone experiences assault but it's never addressed as assault. The men in these books are so ridiculously toxic - usually because of their tempers. The only reason I finished this book was because I had made it so far & wanted to add it to my reading goal. I did absolutely put the audiobook on 2x speed because the sex scenes were completely uncomfortable. I don't mind smut by a long shot, but something about these scenes just made me want to rush through them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

02062000's review against another edition

medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault