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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

255 reviews

bbygirl21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

This was a very sweet read. I loved the characters and the storyline. 

I just had an issue with how love the chapters were. They definitely could've been split up into much shorter chapters and it would've been so much easier to read. And another issue that is due to the long chapters was the timing of the book. This book spans over about a year. And there would be weeks passing in the middle of a chapter and sometimes it wasn't all that clear that it happened and it would pull me out of the story. It would've been so much easier had the a new chapter started when there was a jump in time.

Other than those two things, I thought this book was great and I'd absolutely recommend if you're looking for something sweet to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

annamary54's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

swoon!! this book gave me butterflies and had me giggling left and right. so many loveable characters, and great 2019 dialogue. the modern dialogue didn’t feel forced, it was exactly how my friends and i talk making it easy to read. a world i wish we lived in (no pandemic, female president, prominent political gays in us and uk). i think this is my cap for romance novels, the plot was interesting enough to hook me, if it’s any more sappy and less plot driven than this i don’t think I’d enjoy it. I did find myself struggling to finish the last 100 or so pages because it was so predictable, but when i sat down to finish it, it was easy and still fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexism, Racism, Addiction, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Biphobia

k1313's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Death of parent

aimsissupercool's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

aniwillow's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-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

3.25

I think this book is a really good story and concept and I liked it a lot but it was so so long! At least for me. There was a bunch that I thought was unnecessarily long and that could have been shortened. But that’s my only gripe with this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent and Mental illness

Minor: Deportation, Homophobia, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

bellieee'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing and Homophobia

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Slavery, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

niamhlovesbooks28's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Drug use

abnormal_shadow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I loved this book. I love to see queer people in situations usually predestined for heterosexuals. I like to see there struggles and the way there gender identity plays a role that. Its refreshing as a queer person myself to finally see my own inner turmoil reflected in the characters I can relate to. Really good first quuer book and I can not wait to delve into this genre💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Biphobia, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Racism, Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

mmarcos21'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? Yes

4.0

it took me a while to get into this book (6 months exactly...). BUT hear me out, i only read about 100 pages then i left it for 6 months, revisited it, and finished the rest in 3 days. i just love alex and henry so much. the only thing i don't like about this book is when it talks too much abt the politics lmao. like idrc that much... sorry. it's not even that much politics but like a good enough amount to be like aight when is henry coming back in the picture, let's get some dialogue going, yk? overall super fun and unique book. brb gonna go watch the movie (CAN WE TALK ABT THE FACT THAT JUNE ISNT IN THE MOVIE LIKE AS AN OLDER SISTER, I AM PERSONALLY OFFENDED BY THIS. june is my queen☹️). also CASEY, those were some fabulously written s*x scenes like i got butterflies. it was passionate and sweet, perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use