Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Rojo, blanco y sangre azul by Casey McQuiston

32 reviews

rainydaysinautumn's review against another edition

I got bored and annoyed at the lack of research into royalty and governments in general. I didn'  find the characters all that likeable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia and Gaslighting

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

k8lynn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Stalking, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

itsbrianascall's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

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

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

aingram's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

It's a very fun read, I wouldn't say I'm going to remember it for a long time or anything. It's not the kind of thing that "stays with you". But it's a fun queer book that includes discussion of homophobia in the world but ultimately the central characters are surrounded by good people. The "climax" events of the plot I didn't find overwhelming or unsurprising but there's a few things that might warrant a trigger warning.

Overall, it's a great fiction romance story surrounding queer characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Stalking, and Gaslighting

The trigger warnings are mostly minor, if labelled as moderate it's because they come up a number of times. But nothing is described in any great detail. Even homophobia which is the most like significant is only in a certain high level sense and direct to a main character from other characters that do have a mild redemption. Overall it's an ensemble of characters who deeply care and respect each other. Also given the position of the main characters (politically, which I believe is in the book blurb) the discussion of homophobia and some of the other factors makes a lot of sense. This isn't meant to be a fictional universe like Schitts Creek (TV show reference) where the world has no misogyny or homophobia. It's meant to be a universe that has those things but paints a picture of progress.

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is my first book from Casey and I must say, it didn't disappoint. I love Alex's smart mouth and the fact that he was named after Hamilton was awesome (I'm a big fan of the musical.) The enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, and royal tropes were neatly done. Henry was charming and interesting. Every character from Alex's side was amazing. I'm so sad about Raf's experience. I can truly say that the world today is more open-minded about queer people today more than ever. I also love that there was a "we against the world" type of feeling. Damn, the monarch was cruel at the least, but I'm happy that most of Henry's family members were supportive of him. Oh, Zahra, my girl, you are my spirit animal❤️ Btw, I was surprised a bit that this was spicy; I devoured every bit nonetheless. Overall, I love that this is about family, friendship, and love. I'll read all your books, Casey, that's for sure✨ P. S. I'm super excited to see the movie adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting