Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Rojo, blanco y sangre azul by Casey McQuiston

91 reviews

ohdeerboi'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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

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

Minor: Incest, Rape, Slavery, Vomit, Stalking, and Colonisation

katyfayyyx's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Make America Gay Again! 🌈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

maca_vr's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

roadesntoades's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, and Colonisation

jessicaludden's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

“That’s the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”

This was so cute and so much fun. I love Alex and Henry and I loved seeing their relationship develop. I love how Henry got more and more comfortable being himself around others and coming out of his shell. I loved reading this in Alex’s POV. I felt all the highs and lows of this book and I’m excited to see the movie!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

I was sceptical about this book. But it is absolutly worth it. The chemistry was soo good. I loved how they send real peoples love letters to eachother. All the background characters were so interesting and well written. Fell in love with the world they wrote.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Colonisation

maverique's review against another edition

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

I. LOVED. IT. I loved it so muchhhhh. I decided to read this book ahead of the movie release because I had somehow never heard of it in my whole life and also because I'm just starting to get into queer books and media. I loved the story tbh. I walked in guessing that it would be angst for like 9-10 chapters and then cutesy romance towards the end but I was soooo wrong. Like I was able to predict about half the story but I'm not even going to lie, some of the stuff in the plot surprised me. This book really touched the part of me that still has hope and I don't think I can get over that anytime soon :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Colonisation

deetabz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Stalking, and Colonisation

mirandyli's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

Pros of this book: 

• A main character who is the embodiment of bisexual disaster. Love me some bisexual representation.
  
  
  
  Cons of this book: 
• Said bisexual disaster is a poc, but written by a white person. There is also a token Black best friend who mainly exists as evidence that the prince isn't racist.
• Also, why does every gay enemies-to-lovers book have a rich, blonde, Draco Malfoy-esque white boy as the love interest (who is also a bottom)? I'm so tired of this trope.
• The most unrealistic part of this book was the part where the inbred British royal family produced physically attractive people. But I guess if their dad played James Bond, that could be plausible that they turned out somewhat attractive. 
• The most realistic part of this book was the rampant racism and homophobia in the royal family. And how British and American imperialism were casually mentioned and then brushed off. White authors love to seem socially aware by mentioning the genocidal atrocities of their ancestors, and then wrap it up in the form of a lighthearted, funny rom-com.

This book had an unrealistic premise with a lot of tropes. It was an ok read, but I don't understand the hype. Also, don't read if you can't stomach flippant mentions of British and American genocidal imperialism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, and Colonisation

marygg3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

I'm still processing, but by God this is one of the best books I've ever read. Funny, deep, emotional, hopeful, downright revolutionary.

I'll carry it with me for the rest of my life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation