Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

9 reviews

recycled_personalities's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Genuinely such a fun read! I really enjoyed it. If you like fanfiction…this one is for you.

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It definitely gets more serious and honestly a little scary near the end bc the mc’s are outed but the book is pretty fast-paced so it moves on quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, and Homophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

sammyelliott_'s review

emotional funny hopeful 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, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Alcohol, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Confinement, Cancer, Bullying, Deportation, Drug abuse, Genocide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Hate crime

swampsprout's review

funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Outing, and Biphobia

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Death of parent, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Hate crime, and Addiction

illgiveyouahint's review

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? Yes

3.75

After the last book I low key hated I kinda needed something to fix my reading mood so I grabbed this (lol reading this while the coronation of a new british king was happening was lowkey funny). It's lighthearted fun. I don't feel i will be obsessed with it like the others. Will not think it to be top 10 best lgbt books or anything. The comparisons to Young Royals now feel a bit insulting to young royals since I feel like they've been handling the topic better. Like it's clearly a book that's written in reaction to 2016 election. If it was straight I would call it trashy romance book but of course because it's gay that's a level that elevates it.  I enjoyed it a lot but just don't consider it some great quality of writing.
In any case it did it's job. It did what it was supposed to do

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Alcohol, Biphobia, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Sexism, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Hate crime

adonis_march's review

It’s funny, very quippy, it’s got some cute moments, and the characters are like able enough. I enjoyed seeing the relationship come together, but after I got about 3/4s of the way through it sat untouched on my desk for weeks because, ultimately, I didn’t care enough about the story or the characters to see what happens to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Mental illness, Medical content, Homophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Transphobia, Grief, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

cstein's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

One of the better romance novels I've read! I found the characters lovable and their lives as political and public figures believable. I also appreciated McQuiston's seamless incorporation of queer history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Outing, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Addiction, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

jjjreads's review

emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Confinement, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Stalking, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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

4.0

Another really well done lovers-to-enemies. I honestly thought I wouldn’t like this book but it is incredibly sweet and satisfying. It’s LGBTQ+ and incorporates politics into a story about an America that could be. I wish this was a historical fiction about what actually happened after Obama left office instead of what actually transpired. The story is fun and sexy even if it’s completely impossible to imagine actually happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Outing, Sexual content, Biphobia, Car accident, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

emilyle's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

this book, *chefs kiss*

an unlikely romance filled with comedy. i cannot get over how funny this book was. the characters have wit which makes this book 100x better. kinda nervous for the movie adaptation but as long as the actors are exactly how i picture the characters and the film follows the book nearly word for word, i think i will like it :)

i had my brother read this book and he loved it. i think his favorite line was

Spoiler

“obtuse fucking asshole”

or

Spoiler

“come on you backyard-shooting-range motherfuckers”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Racism