Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

7 reviews

_moonsongenthusiast_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

jazhandz's review

emotional 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

2.75

Two notes:

1) Many reviews have remarked on the fact that this book isn’t similar to Pride & Prejudice. I’d like to add that for anyone who was hoping for Pittsburgh (like me!), there is barely any Pittsburgh.

2) Not that I expect a serious exploration of homophobia in a lighthearted happy-ending YA romance, but the way this book handles homophobia is so toothless that it detracts from the book. Mentioning homophobia but not following through on it feels pointless.

It was fine for a YA romance, i guess. The ending and the discussion of time travel mechanics were fascinating. I’d read more books about this neighbor sending people back in time, but only if they’re more strongly Pittsburgh-flavored than this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, and Death of parent

madamenovelist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

elizabethwebb's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• 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

4.5

This was super cute. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Death of parent, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Homophobia

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

4.0

 Thanks to Simon & Schuster for an advanced copy of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott to review! By this point, Lippincott has established herself as an expert at YA romance, especially sapphic romance. And this book showcases that spectacularly.

While I don’t read a lot of time slip romances, this one was fun. Lucy and Audrey’s budding romance was absolutely the best thing about this book. It’s quiet and happens slowly and I was definitely a fan. Despite being from different times, both of them also relate to each other’s struggles, trying to get back their sparks. 

There were some great side characters, too! It’s definitely Pride and Prejudice inspired with an English regency sort of romance. You feel the tension as you get towards the end, with both Lucy and Audrey’s deadline looming. It definitely all has that kind of romance feel to it, working towards a happily ever after.

All in all, if you love time slip romances with a bit of a slow burn, definitely check this one out when it comes out at the end of August! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Biphobia, Classism, and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Death of parent

bambooboy's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

If you really expect me to believe Alexander isn't bisexual you're out of your mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Confinement, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Content warning explanation under the cut.

Lucy is emotionally abused by her father and neglected.
This book mostly takes place in the regency era and therefore women are considered property. Misogyny ensues.
The father and the man Lucy is being sold to are bullies.
Audrey is in a minor car accident where her bike hits a car door.
Lucy's mother passed away when she was younger and there is some discussion of her grief over the death of her parent, though it did happen in the past so the actual death of the parent is not experienced in the read.
There is classism among who can hang out with or marry who in regency era England.
Lucy is strictly monitored over where she can go by her father and is mostly confined to their property. There is a scene at the end where Audrey is tied to a chair and locked in a room.
Audrey lets some "shit"s, "fuck"s, and "damn"s fly.
Audrey is attacked by hired men at one point, and there is the aforementioned bike/car accident as far as violence goes.
Lucy is promised to a much older man. While nothing happens between them, there is much discussion of their relationship and it's not from a lack of trying on his end.
Some minor alcohol consumption occurs in the book.
There isn't any explicit homophobia but the fact it exists and makes their relationship dangerous/impossible is discussed.

nobeliumreads's review against another edition

3.5

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a digital ARC.

When Audrey Cameron loses her spark and passion for art, an old friend decides to help her out--by sending her 200 years into the past right into Lucy Sinclair’s (massive) backyard. Now the two have to find out just how Audrey’s supposed to get back home, all while realising that maybe the person they’re falling in love with is each other. 

‘For another tiny, brief moment, her gaze flies past him to meet mine, and the room slows, all the voices and the faces and the music a blurry and distant hum.’

A very cute and entertaining read about a modern century girl being transported into 1812 London in an attempt to find her passion for art and life again. I enjoyed this book and was super excited for the ARC, considering it’s from Rachael Lippincott, an author whose books are pretty much an instant buy for me. 

Audrey and Lucy had an amusing dynamic and you have all of the period-piece typical tropes in here--dance lessons and balls, in the rain confessions, the sapphic yearning that comes with helping each other undress, watching the other dance across the room, sitting together in a carriage so close yet so far. It was fun seeing how Audrey navigated the 1812 world and how Lucy reacted to a lot of Audrey’s modern slang and behaviours. The two both have their own coming of ages and their realisations about their sexuality, and it’s so heartwarming to see how they were both learning to accept their feelings and fight for each other, even in 1812. 

I think my only problem was that I put too much expectation into the time travel aspect, so I guess I was a bit let down by how it was resolved--but happy nonetheless, and that was definitely just a personal issue.

Overall, definitely a sweet sapphic historical romance with a time travel twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Sexism

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, and Confinement