Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

35 reviews

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

thebankofbooks's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Moderate: Hate crime, Biphobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

marifly98's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Hate crime

kcup_espresso's review

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? No

4.75

Friends have been telling me to read this book for the past few years and I *finally* listened lol. I have friends who know me well because I absolutely loved it! I loved Henry and Alex's relationship, it was so sweet, sexy, but also incredibly heart-wrenching. It simultaneously feels so pertinent but also so hopeful (especially given the alternate-reality setting of Alex's mom being the first female President). I laughed. I sobbed. And I had the hardest time putting this book down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Hate crime, Addiction, and Homophobia

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

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 life queer love letters to eachother. All the background characters were soo interesting and well written. Fell in love with the fantasy/current time world she wrote.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Cursing

britwalsh16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

I absolutely LOVE this book! This is my 2nd time reading it, & I swear it was even better the 2nd time around. 
Alex & Henry are just sooooo adorable it’s annoying! Lol rereading the "hate" between them at the beginning knowing what I know about the rest of the book, was just soo much more enlightening!
I cannot recommend this book enough!! And I’m so excited for the movie adaptation, they better not fuck it up for me!!

"Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff."

"History, huh? Bet we could make some."

💜💜💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Cursing

sage_alexandra's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Sexism, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual harassment

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