Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Červená, bílá a královsky modrá by Casey McQuiston

304 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

The banter and chemistry was great! I also loved the political background of both these characters. This version of the US is idealistic and nice to see. I liked the character depth and diversity too! Lots of lines made me laugh out loud too. I wish there weren’t so many sex scenes and swearing; the book would have been not quite as long lol. It just felt like the middle of the book was just them being thirsty. This book moved fast at the beginning, but around halfway through I didn’t know where the book was heading because of the pacing and the endless sex scenes. Overall, I really enjoyed this book though! A quintessential LGBTQIA+ romcom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Slavery

itsbrianascall's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

_shreyasharma's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

Super cute book! Honestly was a bit skeptical going in, as I've been disappointed by booktok way too many times now, but this one is totally worth the hype. Lovable characters, nice plot and an extremely endearing relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

lovelycryptid's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

This could be a good book, for me it lacks a lot of elements I enjoy about this genre and the use of real world countries and political system while changing some parts of it but not others for seemingly no reason made less sense the more it went on. The character development was mediocre and the tropes felt tired and stretch. There's some great moments but overall this just wasn't as good as the hype around it had built it up to be for me. It felt like every time there was development it would regress again in writing quality and character development.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny and Racism

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Colonisation, and War

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

bbygirl21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a very sweet read. I loved the characters and the storyline. 

I just had an issue with how love the chapters were. They definitely could've been split up into much shorter chapters and it would've been so much easier to read. And another issue that is due to the long chapters was the timing of the book. This book spans over about a year. And there would be weeks passing in the middle of a chapter and sometimes it wasn't all that clear that it happened and it would pull me out of the story. It would've been so much easier had the a new chapter started when there was a jump in time.

Other than those two things, I thought this book was great and I'd absolutely recommend if you're looking for something sweet to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

annamary54's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-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

swoon!! this book gave me butterflies and had me giggling left and right. so many loveable characters, and great 2019 dialogue. the modern dialogue didn’t feel forced, it was exactly how my friends and i talk making it easy to read. a world i wish we lived in (no pandemic, female president, prominent political gays in us and uk). i think this is my cap for romance novels, the plot was interesting enough to hook me, if it’s any more sappy and less plot driven than this i don’t think I’d enjoy it. I did find myself struggling to finish the last 100 or so pages because it was so predictable, but when i sat down to finish it, it was easy and still fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Death of parent

pip10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Classism

abnormal_shadow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.5

I loved this book. I love to see queer people in situations usually predestined for heterosexuals. I like to see there struggles and the way there gender identity plays a role that. Its refreshing as a queer person myself to finally see my own inner turmoil reflected in the characters I can relate to. Really good first quuer book and I can not wait to delve into this genre💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol