Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

268 reviews

sydney_marie13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

This book has highs, lows, laughs, cries, and warm fuzzies. Henry and Alex are both written to be so normal, or striving to be as normal as possible, while both are high profile political figures. Each character’s self discovery journey mirrors society and envelopes a loving family versus a judgmental family. Her characters are so well developed as well as the side characters which is what kept me glued to this book. I’ve read it two times already and will likely read it again before the movie comes out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

booknerdz28's review against another edition

funny 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

Graphic: Cursing, Outing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Grief

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book. the premise was really interesting. I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing style and would have probably preferred to have the book split perspective between Alex and Henry. I also didn’t like how the scenes would change drastically from paragraph to paragraph, it should have been split in to more chapters really.

Spoiler

Some things felt like we didn’t get a resolution to: June and Pez, June and Nora? It just felt like we had been given all the building blocks and didn’t even get the hint of an answer about any of them. the spice was great but it felt a little glossed over. Don’t get me wrong I don’t think all romance books have to have graphic details of sex in them but the way the writer wrote so graphically about everything leading up to the literal sex acts was the same as any good spice writer, but then it would gloss over the acts and describe the in-betweens and afters, I don’t know if it’s just me but maybe it’s because it’s a female author, writing about gay sex?

Very enjoyable overall but some of the politics went over my head and it just didn’t quite live up to the hype it had been built up to on social media.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Genocide, Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

elauer24's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Alcohol

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

The addiction & death mentioned in warnings are past events in the one of the character's lives. The outing is used for personal gain.

akvolcano's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is not the review this book deserves-if you want a lovely, sweet queer love book to read, this is for you! Absolutely the fluff I needed in my life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

lindsm94's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

I've read this book at least 4 times, it is everything you want in a romance. I love each character and their relationships so much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing and Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Alcohol, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Drug use, Outing, and Sexual content

keelirae113's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, Classism, Outing, Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual assault

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

cute little YA romance of the son of the US president with the prince of England.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Sexual content, and Cursing

things100's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

Alex and Henry are one of my favorite book couples, I just did a reread since I adore this book and just got the collectors addition but also because the movie is coming out soon, this book was somehow even better then I remembered it, I laughed, I cried and I feel in love. This book put me all in my feels and is one of my favorite books. 100/10 I always recommend this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Classism