Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

13 reviews

xkwright'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

Moderate: Outing and Homophobia

Minor: Slavery, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

ohdeerboi'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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Outing

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

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

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

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

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

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

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Colonisation, Drug use, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, and Vomit

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Outing, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Addiction, Grief, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

taylorsevalia's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Outing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Slavery, Incest, Cancer, Blood, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Colonisation, and Adult/minor relationship

gailsage_thomps's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War, and Xenophobia

amberinpieces'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

5.0

What happens when confrontational tabloid photos of America’s First Son and England’s second Prince of Wales threaten relations between the two countries? Why, their handlers force them into a staged friendship! But in between official events, Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry start to become friends, and maybe even something more...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Grief, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

rini's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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

This is the absolute funniest book I have listened to in forever!! I thought I was going to give myself an asthma attack from laughing so much and so hard!!

I LOVED all the Star Wars references!!

All the HP references were tired.

I was utterly horrified that the narrator pronounced gif as "jif"!! 😱

I am head over heels in love with these characters!!

I stayed up till after 5:30am to finish this and I'll probably re-listen to it again before the year is out! (It's mid December)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Slavery