Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

40 reviews

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Colonisation

peggy_racham's review

4.75

I was sceptical about this book. But it is absolutly worth it. The chemistry was soo good. I loved how they send real peoples love letters to eachother. All the background characters were so interesting and well written. Fell in love with the world they wrote.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Colonisation

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional 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: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

queerloras's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

esterix'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, and Homophobia

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

I enjoyed this romance. The enemies-to-lovers and inconvenient-love tropes worked. This is the perfect book for anyone who wasn't thrilled with the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election. The revisionist history takes you to a very happy place.

This book would be rated R for language (I had to look up a couple of phrases in Urban Dictionary) and sex (you definitely know what is happening.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

3.25

I liked this book more than Shara Wheeler but less than One Last Stop. I feel like the first 50% was long distance, time passing, lots of sex. The next 35% was homophobia and racism (not on the authors part that I can see but just from the contents of the story) and the last 15% were inspirational and emotional and uplifting moments. I think they did an excellent job fleshing out their characters as always and the story itself was fun and I’ve never read anything like it before but it just wasn’t quite for me. Also I don’t think Casey should have written from the perspective of a Mexican American individual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual harassment