Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Rojo, blanco y sangre azul by Casey McQuiston

185 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

This is terrific! I am always skeptical of popular books because some are terrible but this proves that some are amazing! Alex is the biracial son of the first female president of the US. He hates Henry, Prince of Whales with a passion. When they get into a fight at his brother's wedding, Henry is forced to make nice in public with Alex. As they grow closer and become friends, feelings come to the surface as both boys struggle with being public political figures. I adored the banter and realistic personalities of both boys. I think the political aspect was well handled and the chemistry between both boys was incredible. I am so glad I read this and I can't wait to watch the movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

yeoman014's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Sexual harassment

kylegray20's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-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? No

3.5

A fun and easy to follow read for the most part. Character development is there, but it could be stronger. Plot felt like a lot of low-hanging fruit, as if anyone could have mapped out how the flow of the book was going to go. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

jaxx88's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, and Medical content

caitsamermaid's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Warm fuzzy feelings all the way through, though sometimes they were only an undercurrent. Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Deportation

carterlovestowrite's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Classism

matmatmatty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

Loved it! Could not stop!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

annakh16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I‘m happy to say this (mostly) lives up to the hype. 

To get the obvious point out of the way: the politics in this book were incredibly strange. Yesss I know it’s fiction, but for all the escapism, it just became absurd to have the FSOTUS and Prince of England talk about how they were oh-so-upset about the lack of reparations from imperialism and whatnot. And

everyone accepting their romance super quickly. And then obviously a happy ending, for them, and the presidency, and the monarchy! Happy days!

A romance novel isn’t perhaps the perfect place for an in-depth analysis of these systems, but I do wish it would’ve been more realistic/critical. 

The rivals-to-lovers bit at the beginning also felt a bit superimposed. It didn’t really fit their general character how much they supposedly disliked each other

(I know this was because of hidden feelings - but it still seemed a bit silly to me).

Those things aside: this book was very funny (partly because of the absurdity, but also genuinely funny) at the same time as sweet. I loved all of their email exchanges, some beautiful lines in there. I also appreciated Bea‘s chat with Alex about what grief feels like - beautifully written. 

This was terribly sappy in a good way and I surprised myself by how invested I was. Would recommend as a feel-good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

marleen02's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted

• 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: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

pershie13's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

I knew I was going to love this book from the time I first read the back cover. An enemies to lovers romance between the First Son of the United States and the Prince of England? Count me in! I caved and watched the movie with my roommate way back in September and instantly fell in love, going out to buy the book immediately afterwards. It took me awhile to finally get around to reading it, but once I finally had time to sit down and read this book, I tore through 95 percent of it in a three-day span. This book was everything I hoped it would be and more. It had me laughing, aching, and kept me up half the night two days in a row because I was so invested. The themes of finding your identity and learning to balance emotions were strong in this one, and I truly loved watching this story unravel page by page. This was a true page turner that took me down an emotional roller coaster, and Alex and Henry's story will stick with me for a long time. One of my favorite books ever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent