Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

231 reviews

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: Homophobia, Cursing, Grief, and Outing

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

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

anj144's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

This book was very sweet. It very quickly became one of my go-to comfort reads whenever I need a happy ending. The characters kept making me laugh. The only reason I would t say it’s a 5/5 is because while some parts of the book are peppered with beautiful eloquent writing, other areas fall flat and seem to be written more like fanfiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

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

5.0

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: Homophobia, Sexual content, Biphobia, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent

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

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

this book is really and truly not at ALL worth the hype & reputation it has. the characters are bland, the plot has almost no meaning by the end as all the stakes just end up...not really mattering, and the writing is far too in the realm of fanfiction for me, which makes complete sense. this could have been a good book with an interesting story, but nothing was executed well. the characters didnt dislike each other enough to be enemies, they didnt show me enough of their past for me to get invested, and we werent really shown WHY they supposedly disliked each other except because theyre both young men from famous families...? like im sorry but thats not enough for me. it really isnt. the plot for them to get together was completely rushed, and then when they got together it just. stopped. and never really picked up again. i thought the politics of this book would be a very tense, interesting point of the story almost had next to no meaning in the book. like, i really thought the whole issue with the other presidential candidate would lead to SOME ramifications in the book, but it just didnt. also the fact that alex doesnt even WANT to go into politics by the end of it, which was part of the reason why their relationship had some reason to be kept secret...thats just bad writing. oh, and all the 'jabs' at the royal family were far too on the nose to me; it really feels like they were just there for the author to point to say 'look! look i pointed out that the monarchy is bad!!!' like spell it out for us a LITTLE less. have some nuance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Classism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, and Drug use

dannothedino's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Outing, Alcohol, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Genocide, Classism, Cancer, Colonisation, Rape, and Sexual assault

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Violence, Animal cruelty, Classism, Death of parent, Genocide, and Sexual violence

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, and Incest

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.25

I liked this book a lot. It was previously a DNF read for me, but I’m so glad I gave it another chance. It’s funny, compelling, and romantic. It was a fun read and had great dynamics and representation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Body shaming, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Vomit, Homophobia, and Racism

featherinthewind's review against another edition

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

4.0

Can’t believe the movie dropped the ball that hard. I had such low expectations coming into this book BECAUSE I watched the movie first. There were so many scenes that were important that just didn’t make the movie, and it hurt it a lot. 
Some of the writing was definitely cringey, but it was easy to look past. All in all, great fluffy read with a good ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing