Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

17 reviews

infusionofviolets's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Outing, and Sexual harassment

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Stalking, and Abandonment

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

bellieee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

Moderate: Homophobia and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

xkwright's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Outing

Minor: Slavery, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

ohdeerboi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Rape, Slavery, Vomit, Stalking, and Colonisation

katyfayyyx's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Make America Gay Again! 🌈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

After the last book I low key hated I kinda needed something to fix my reading mood so I grabbed this (lol reading this while the coronation of a new british king was happening was lowkey funny). It's lighthearted fun. I don't feel i will be obsessed with it like the others. Will not think it to be top 10 best lgbt books or anything. The comparisons to Young Royals now feel a bit insulting to young royals since I feel like they've been handling the topic better. Like it's clearly a book that's written in reaction to 2016 election. If it was straight I would call it trashy romance book but of course because it's gay that's a level that elevates it.  I enjoyed it a lot but just don't consider it some great quality of writing.
In any case it did it's job. It did what it was supposed to do

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

emotional 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: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Abandonment