Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

118 reviews

sophi_ereads's review against another edition

Alex is a selfish, consending hypocritical prick 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Death of parent

fmt23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

The best debut of an author ever!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

annamary54's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

swoon!! this book gave me butterflies and had me giggling left and right. so many loveable characters, and great 2019 dialogue. the modern dialogue didn’t feel forced, it was exactly how my friends and i talk making it easy to read. a world i wish we lived in (no pandemic, female president, prominent political gays in us and uk). i think this is my cap for romance novels, the plot was interesting enough to hook me, if it’s any more sappy and less plot driven than this i don’t think I’d enjoy it. I did find myself struggling to finish the last 100 or so pages because it was so predictable, but when i sat down to finish it, it was easy and still fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Death of parent

k1313's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

pip10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Classism

aniwillow's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-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

3.25

I think this book is a really good story and concept and I liked it a lot but it was so so long! At least for me. There was a bunch that I thought was unnecessarily long and that could have been shortened. But that’s my only gripe with this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Outing

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

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

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

abelh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

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