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ethuiliel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Sexual content and Outing
Moderate: Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War
mxae's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Violence
justreads93's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Violence
chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Outing
Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism
2blueshoes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
McQuiston somehow manages to gift her readers the same hazy, lovesick binoculars as Alex: somewhere in the distance we know democracies are churning apart, but in this moment all we can think about is Henry, and what stupid thing he’ll say, and the next time they’ll be together.
There’s so much to enjoy about this book: the imperfect yet lovable cast of characters, the witty banter liberally splashed with millenial-isms, the side splitting e-mail exchanges… the queer historical post scripts. The writing is surprisingly lush and atmospheric for a story that takes place in only a few settings, and mostly indoors. Most of all, it’s unusual to find a gay romance that is both silly and self assured. I loved it for this reason over any other.
More than anything, this book made me ache for a world that only felt possible in 2016: a world where we believed a mixed race divorced family could live in the White House, where a moral scandal could actually hamper a determined presidential candidate, where an archaic monarchy was not in bed with the Daily Mail, and a year 2020 when we were not in a pandemic. Perhaps McQuinston has written the new romance trope ending we all needed (achievable or not) - where two imperfect characters fall in love, not happily ever after, but in a way where their love might just change the world.
Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content
Minor: Drug use and Violence
cdoubet's review
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
taylorsevalia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cursing and Homophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
gailsage_thomps's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
skudiklier's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, and Outing
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
readerette's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent