Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

4 reviews

rnewk's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, and Death of parent

meheehee's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

cstein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

One of the better romance novels I've read! I found the characters lovable and their lives as political and public figures believable. I also appreciated McQuiston's seamless incorporation of queer history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

rory1387's review

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I bought this book because it's all over BookTok, and honestly, I was kind of disappointed. The majority of the book is just explicit sex scenes -- the sheer number of sex scenes has no real purpose -- and the book just read like a smutty fanfiction on Wattpad. The storytelling felt lazy, especially in the central conflict: the fact that Alex and Henry must conceal their relationship because of the crown's homophobia. But this isn't elaborated upon until the last hundred or so pages, when they have already been outed. The ending was alright, I suppose, and somewhat redeemed the book, but not enough for me to give it 3 stars. 

(Also, this book brands itself as enemies-to-lovers; it's not. They're dating by chapter 4, and their only real "enemies" moment is a badly written, angsty misunderstanding.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Chronic illness, and Death of parent