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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
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a lot of my feelings on this book have changed so i've removed my rating. leaving my review for posterity, but again... thoughts have changed quite a bit.
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It took several thousand miles for me to begin believing that I am better than the worst things I've done. But I'm starting.
WOW. So you probably wouldn't believe how much I loved this, given that it took me 4 months to read but I think I can assuage your disbelief my friends!
This book was not at all what I expected. I was picturing a fun romp set to some modern music in my head, a lá Marie Antoinette by Sophia Coppola. What I did not expect was a really hard, emotional read fraught with ROMANCE. I bolded it because it wasn't romance light it was the big stuff.
what I liked
The way that Lee described crushes and unrequited love was so perfect and so palpable it made me want to die inside a bit. The knee brushes, getting caught staring, etc... I mean it was so perfectly relatable and something I've never been able to fully articulate. Monty and Percy are definitely on my list of OTPs now for that reason.
The characters weren't perfect, especially our narrator. I loved Monty and I loved the transformation he goes through. He cares a lot about those that are close to him, even if he can't always express it correctly. By the end of the book he's better able to express his feelings and the journey matures him.
what I didn't like
I actually felt the plot to be uh... tedious? That's the main reason I kept putting this book down. The characters were so lovely but I just hated the situations they got themselves into. They were almost never fun and were almost always detrimental to someone's health (either physical or mental). And after a couple of bad experience I just wasn't HERE FOR IT. Ya know? Give my sweet beans some peace. It was also pretty clear earlier on that the crux of their side adventure wasn't going to work out. And that kind of shit realllllly annoys me.
The relationship between Monty and his father. Yeah yeah, realistic for the time YES. But it added such a depressing element to this book that I was not expecting. It's actually why I chose that quote for this review instead of some of the more romantic ones. I guess it was realistic but I didn't feel like it was resolved very well. Very torn on this element of the book.
PS IF YOU LOVE AUDIOBOOKS THIS ONE IS SO SPECIAL AND LOVELY, WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND
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It took several thousand miles for me to begin believing that I am better than the worst things I've done. But I'm starting.
WOW. So you probably wouldn't believe how much I loved this, given that it took me 4 months to read but I think I can assuage your disbelief my friends!
This book was not at all what I expected. I was picturing a fun romp set to some modern music in my head, a lá Marie Antoinette by Sophia Coppola. What I did not expect was a really hard, emotional read fraught with ROMANCE. I bolded it because it wasn't romance light it was the big stuff.
what I liked
The way that Lee described crushes and unrequited love was so perfect and so palpable it made me want to die inside a bit. The knee brushes, getting caught staring, etc... I mean it was so perfectly relatable and something I've never been able to fully articulate. Monty and Percy are definitely on my list of OTPs now for that reason.
The characters weren't perfect, especially our narrator. I loved Monty and I loved the transformation he goes through. He cares a lot about those that are close to him, even if he can't always express it correctly. By the end of the book he's better able to express his feelings and the journey matures him.
what I didn't like
I actually felt the plot to be uh... tedious? That's the main reason I kept putting this book down. The characters were so lovely but I just hated the situations they got themselves into. They were almost never fun and were almost always detrimental to someone's health (either physical or mental). And after a couple of bad experience I just wasn't HERE FOR IT. Ya know? Give my sweet beans some peace. It was also pretty clear earlier on that the crux of their side adventure wasn't going to work out. And that kind of shit realllllly annoys me.
The relationship between Monty and his father. Yeah yeah, realistic for the time YES. But it added such a depressing element to this book that I was not expecting. It's actually why I chose that quote for this review instead of some of the more romantic ones. I guess it was realistic but I didn't feel like it was resolved very well. Very torn on this element of the book.
PS IF YOU LOVE AUDIOBOOKS THIS ONE IS SO SPECIAL AND LOVELY, WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND
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Reading Progress
January 6, 2017
– Shelved
January 6, 2017
– Shelved as:
to-read
July 23, 2017
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Started Reading
October 30, 2017
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20.0%
"so I decided to listen to the audiobook for this (which I never do) and I am LIVING for how the narrator says:
Goddamn.
I. Am. Here. For. It."
Goddamn.
I. Am. Here. For. It."
November 15, 2017
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Finished Reading
December 3, 2017
– Shelved as:
2017
February 4, 2019
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lgbtq
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Cady wrote: "i loved this book and i loved your review! (especially the quote that you started with it made me want to reread this book so badly!)"THANK YOU!!! it's my first "real" review in a while, most of my latest have just been bullshit fan girling bahah
Cady wrote: "chandler ainsley [reads] wrote: "Cady wrote: "i loved this book and i loved your review! (especially the quote that you started with it made me want to reread this book so badly!)"THANK YOU!!! it..."
tbhhhhhhh me either HAH unless I feel like its a real disservice to a book to not write one
My life is complete.
wait so is this good or bad
Oooh, now I’m curious. I just read this book and loved it. Why have your thoughts changed? Are we getting a video?
What changed, do you still like this book? Hopefully a video will come out soon with your thoughts... I for one, am awfully curious
She is SO PROBLEMATIC. I loved this series so much but I won't be supporting her anymore. It's such a shame...
Mariette wrote: "She is SO PROBLEMATIC. I loved this series so much but I won't be supporting her anymore. It's such a shame..."Wait what ?! Why is she problematic?! MUST KNOW THE GOSSIP.
i think it's because of the problematic content in her other book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...it has some terrible trans representation (from the reviews i saw) and it's marketed as a f-f romance (but the romance is between a trans man and a queer woman, so it's not f-f)
for anyone wondering, her other book was marketed as f/f romance (which it wasn’t) it also had hella problematic trans rep too. also, she was caught signing books that weren’t hers and writing over the title pages.
@kristy nguyen I saw the signed books, but it wasn't anything secret. She works in a book store and asked people that if they order something from the bookstore and say that they want to, she will sign her books or any other books. It's not like she was caught or the customers didn't know about it. At least that is how I understand it. Maybe there was some developpment I didn't know about?
It wouldn't be so problematic if she actually had been given permission by the authors to sign those books...
It's truly special and so original, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!