Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

4 reviews

nightworldlove's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this (audio) book! Stayed up until (close to) 2.30am in order to finish it, because I could NOT stop so close to the end. 

It really pulled me in, made me laugh, as well as hold my breath while sitting at the edge of my seat, and cheer on multiple occasions. In this case the alternating POVs between the two main characters works really well and definitely adds a lot.

Now I'm going to look up other books by this author <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

This book is so lovely!!! If you like outlander, but want less violence, less life-threatening drama, but all the romance and also make it sapphic, this is 100% for you. This retelling/inspired-by pride and prejudice novel has everything a queer girl could want; yearning, tension, a dash of miscommunication, and a whole lot of sapphic tenderness. The characters work very well within the narrative, and are very sympathetic. I thoroughly enjoyed this read, it’s super quick and hits all the marks it sets out to accomplish.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: 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.