Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Rivals by Katharine McGee

9 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

supermormongirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

It took me almost 3 years to trudge through this book because it was genuinely that painfully boring and dull 💀💀💀

There was no American Royals’ characteristic Gossip Girl- (tv show) widespread scandal and drama until literally 80% of the way through the novel. 

I literally only refused to DNF because I used this book as an insomnia cure I already owned, making it essentially free, and also the next (and last!) American Royals book has ✨WAY✨ too intriguing of a premise to pass up, and I wanted to know the full tea and context of exactly everything that happened in the book before it. 

This was easily one of the worst books I’ve ever read, and I don’t know what happened that made it so painfully bland and largely uneventful, light on drama, and BORING, but I feel relieved to finally be done with this!!! Now to go purge my soul of how painful this was to read, lol (I’m not exaggerating at all).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Death of parent

There is an ongoing plot line of main characters in an interracial relationship dealing with racism, tokenism, social demands and pressure as a societal symbol

julierambaeck's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I think this is a really solid ya series! I really liked the topics in this one and the character dynamics.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, and Death of parent

haleybre'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved the expansion in this book! We got to see more royals and the dynamics. Not to mention the change and growth in characters with unexpected alliances. Very good and a lot of fun!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Car accident

kassidyreads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use and Dementia

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-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

Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Classism

aklovekorn's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

haley_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I liked this one a lot!! It posed situations that I didn’t see coming at all and I loved the character development as they solved their different problems. I’m rooting for all the characters to find their happy endings! Kinda annoyed with the ending though, we’ve already done the

people in hospital/sick/dying people thing already with the king and himari

so I hope McGee continues to find ways to keep it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism