Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

104 reviews

caelfind'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing

Minor: Addiction and Death of parent

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Colonisation, and War

lethalflag's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.5

Ganska klassisk romcom, rolig.

Lite för lyckligt och orealistiskt slut för min del

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Alcohol, and Colonisation

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, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

nekoshka's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual harassment

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.25

I liked this book a lot. It was previously a DNF read for me, but I’m so glad I gave it another chance. It’s funny, compelling, and romantic. It was a fun read and had great dynamics and representation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Classism

ladybanecourt's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

✨5/5✨
Easily one of the best books I've read this year! It's heartwarming and beautiful and made me cry, and really, what more can you ask for in a book? It has long chapters, yes, but it's engaging and it really hooked me right from the first chapter, which I can say doesn't happen very often in my case. The main cast of characters were very lovable, and although a good portion of the plot in the story were some I expected, I still liked the vindication I had at the end of the day because of it.

Definitely already making plans to reread this book again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Stalking

annahamburger's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Outing, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

i'm so glad i've FINALLY gotten around to reading this book!

i thought it was adorable. alex & henry are adorable. i also adore the women of this book so much. june, nora, bea all truly deserve the world. 

i do wish this book was faster in the beginning. it feels like it started off slow and then picked up a lot of speed towards the end instead of having one even pace. i also think rafael luna did not deserve forgiveness. i do not like him. i sympathize with his backstory but good lord i wish alex and his family didn't forgive him. it didn't make any sense to me.

overall, i would recommend this book mostly for the romance. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Rape, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment