Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

380 reviews

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

harmeeperhan's review against another edition

funny inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: 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

nineinchnails's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

hmm not feeling her it felt super slow and anticlimactic until the very end BUT STILL A FUN READ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Racism

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

amandaredinger's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Sexual assault

rosesandproses's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

I read this book after watching the movie on Amazon, and it is a much different experience than the movie. If you watched the movie, you will enjoy the book, but they have some very key differences. I mean all this in the most neutral way: I enjoyed both in different ways.

Alex is the POV I kind of love to hate because he is a little shithead, although I imagine if this were told from Henry's POV or switched between them, the pacing would be much slower. I love the pace of this book, and it makes me more confident in my own preferred writing style that leans on vinettes and not always a perfect flow from event to event.

I mean, I saw the movie first, so I knew generally how the story would go and end, but I enjoyed watching the events unfold with the nuance and extra detail of the book that just doesn't fit so well in a two hour movie.

And yeah this is largely a romance novel, and a damn fine one at that, but as someone who was closer to the characters' ages at the time of the 2016 and 2020 elections when the novel takes place, I really appreciated the role of politics in the book. I laughed at the jokes, screaming "too soon!" to myself sometimes remembering how the reality of those situations went down.

The use of articles in this book is also excellent. The role of the media, newspapers, magazines, tabloids, social media, etc is so central to the story and McQuiston uses them brilliantly. None of these pieces felt out of place. Even the format of including text and email conversations is just *chef's kiss* and blends well into the storytelling.

Love the representation in this book as well. It's just sort of there. There's callouts to different aspects of characters where it's important (especially because politics), but characters exist as whole people and not token minorities.

Love this book. Borrowed a copy from a friend but will probably be buying my own to reread. I feel like this really changed how I look back on those particular elections in the real world and gives them a bit of a silver lining instead of the dread I usually saw them in, which is definitely not what I was expecting from a romance novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

Mention of sexual assault but no explicit description,

Bea is a recovered addict and her struggle with addiction and recovery is mentioned

knitwitofthemonth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Outing, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Colonisation