Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

407 reviews

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

amygracewillis's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Might have liked this more if the audio book man didn’t have an annoying voice. 

Didn’t enjoy a single character and it gave me the book repeatedly.

3 stars bc it wasn’t awful and there were some nice bits in it, just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Addiction, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

riannanana's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

foxclcves's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

levitatingnumeral's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

It’s cute, it’s hopeful and it’s very much all about the happy endings.
Sure, it’s not a complex masterpiece with deep character analysis, but it’s a light read that manages to handle some heavier topics with sensitivity. It’s a feel-good book and it was heart-warming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Sexual harassment

swiftpool's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

Super cute and an easy read. June adds so much more depth to the story compared to the movie. Her character also lends depth to Ellen and the different ways she treats each child. I even at one point predicted June would, as a journalist, out her brother due to being jealous of the love and attention he receives. Instead we got a living older sister self sacrificing parts of her own life to be there for him, from giving up her relationship to leaking photos of her and Henry to dispel rumors around Alex and Henry. Her flirtation with Nora and Percy was also super cute, funny, and ambiguous, letting Alex and Henry take the spotlight. Seeing Nora being feral in the background of scenes was cute. Even Leo adds a tumultuous family relationship to the story the movie doesn’t have. Liam, too, adds a lot to Alex’s story and self reflection. I was glad he came back into his life as a friend - and after seeing the movie, them biking to Alex’s house makes much more sense with Liam around. The only real cons I have were with how Nora handled Alex coming out, and the scene where Alex barges into the palace. Honestly I didn’t love how Nora takes Alex coming out to her. Just because she’s queer and already guessed, doesn’t mean she should be so …. up front about it? Especially because even though we see her as logical and clinical, she is also said to be his best friend, and who he goes to for everything even above his sister. It felt like she was pushing him off, like, “yeah so what?”, despite coming to terms with sexuality being big and scary to Alex despite knowing he’d be accepted. As for the palace scene, it’s not that big of a gripe because it was very much written like a real fight - I just don’t happen to love Henry’s character in the moment. And they do, in the morning, clear up that he was an ass. But Henry lashing out at Alex despite being the one to fall first, kiss him first, and then ghost him multiple times and expect Alex to just accept that? Annoying. Definitely could use more communication skills.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

eyescanbecruel'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

dandeliongirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

clairelisebella's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

Charming beyond belief. I loved reading this book. No notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent