Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Rojo, blanco y sangre azul by Casey McQuiston

116 reviews

withreveling'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual content

lonelylooper's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Outing

christinaj1021's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

This is such a cute story! I loved reading it and have already recommended it to others.

I like the social commentary and the hopeful feels of the book. The characters are definitely loveable and you root for all of them the whole way through. The plot was a bit fast but that is usually the nature of the genre and not a fault in my mind, in this case.

It's definitely got me excited to watch the movie!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

ladythana's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

katialena's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Grief

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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? No

4.5

The banter and chemistry was great! I also loved the political background of both these characters. This version of the US is idealistic and nice to see. I liked the character depth and diversity too! Lots of lines made me laugh out loud too. I wish there weren’t so many sex scenes and swearing; the book would have been not quite as long lol. It just felt like the middle of the book was just them being thirsty. This book moved fast at the beginning, but around halfway through I didn’t know where the book was heading because of the pacing and the endless sex scenes. Overall, I really enjoyed this book though! A quintessential LGBTQIA+ romcom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Slavery

_shreyasharma's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

Super cute book! Honestly was a bit skeptical going in, as I've been disappointed by booktok way too many times now, but this one is totally worth the hype. Lovable characters, nice plot and an extremely endearing relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

eugeengel's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.75

Is it corny, cringey and way too political? Yes. 
Is it completely worth it? Also yes.
This is an epic queer romance, fluffy, funny and the perfect choice for a comfort read.
I’ve got a feeling that the various pop culture references in the book are going to make it hard to enjoy in a couple of years (if it’s not already), so enjoy it now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

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