Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Peccati d'inverno by Lisa Kleypas

6 reviews

katiespoelstra's review against another edition

2.0

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Classism

mikaylawood's review against another edition

2.75

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Idk I feel like this was kinda a let down BUT this is the first book in the series I've read so maybe I just needed to read books 1 and 2 first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Classism

annahamburger's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Dementia, Stalking, Pregnancy

mattiedancer's review against another edition

2.75

hopeful lighthearted

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Writing: 3⭐️/5 

The writing is serviceable in this novel, slipping towards well-written at a few intervals. The most hard-to-read portions were ones that I assume tied the series together. While I understand that I started with the third in the series, the forced description of our MC as a “wallflower” and always a “wallflower” felt hopelessly strained and needless: we understand her character at this point and it only serves to connect the series, meaning it read as poor writing. Besides that, much of the writing slid towards the classic pitfall: telling and not showing. Kleypas hammers certain points over and over again to the point of annoyance, making several chapters hard to read.

Characters: 2.75⭐️/5

I want to love the characters more than I do. Evie has the potential as the shy heroine, but her development is offset by her inconsistent character. Same with Sebastian. I would have loved to see Sebastian show consistency in his character, but he quickly loses his “villain” archetype to become the rich noble who just happens to know how to fight. It felt so sudden that I wanted to understand then what his history really was. The side characters also fell subsequently short of feeling real.

Plot: 2.75⭐️/5 

The marriage of convenience plot starts strong and instantly beocmes strained. While I love the bad boy turns to caring lover trope as much as anyone else, Sebastian’s motives make as little sense as his inconsistent character. While he looks to marry our heroine to settle debts, he immediately reveals that he’s not much of an overspender, immediately squashing his whole reason for marrying Evie in the first place. Honestly, it would be more believable that he had been secretly pining after her for years, even in the interest of a one-night stand. The flurry of action at the beginning also created a distinct lull in the middle and end of the novel. And, the wrapping up of the attempted-murder plot came quickly, too much so, leaving us with no time to really feel like Evie might have ever been in danger. 

Oh, also Evie’s dad died and she moves on very, very fast, which is maybe one of the more annoying parts of the plot. 

However, it’s fun.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Someone looking for a bodice-ripping romance novel

Content Warnings? 

• Misogyny, sexism, sexual assault, sexual content, rape, death of a parent, death, murder, blood, injury, medical content, terminal illness, 

Post-Reading Rating:  3.75⭐️/5

It was fun, if not well-written.

Final Rating: 2.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Racial slurs

lauramparis's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

local_hat's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

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This one came out in 2009. Not even that old! And while it proves my point that romance used to get much better copyediting, the casual racism, casual fat-hate, casual classism, casual ableism, and casual iffy consent have aged a lot less well. I definitely used to love Kleypas and her multiple series set in the same universe... and now I think I'm glad I fell away from them and haven't re-read any recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping

Minor: Rape