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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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honorinette's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

rcielocruz's review against another edition

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I don’t want to love this book. I don’t want it to be a comfort read. I abhor the thoughtless fixation on royals and celebrities that cements a popular manufactured consent in the social, political, and economic hierarchy that white supremacy, capitalism and heteropatriarchy ultimately feed off. HATE THAT. I could not argue against people who would claim this book is a big pink washing project. Politically, I’m queer as in Fuck All this BS, and I wish more books would provide me with comfort reads that are more in alignment with my world view. But here I am, lapping this up despite my curled lip at Alex’s eye roll inducing sprinkle of “Latino” identity and the unquestioning adoration of/submission to gross American politics and British colonialism ESPECIALLY AT A TIME OF MASS GENOCIDES AROUND THE WORLD. But none of this is the author’s fault. Good on them for cashing in on the market. I hope some of the money goes somewhere that benefits nonwhite queers in Louisiana, where leaders of some LGBTQ orgs are in bed with the most reprehensible political forces in the country. 🤮🤮🤮

brandinthesky94's review against another edition

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3.0

I wound up giving this book three stars because as much as I did wind up liking it, it took me quite a while to actually get into it. It started out pretty slow, and it wasn’t until around the middle of the book that I started to get into it.

b3lze's review against another edition

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2.0

2⭐⭐

Leído hasta el 76%

Pues al final bastante decepcionada con este libro. Para empezar he de decir que desde un principio la idea de hijo de la presidenta de los EEUU y el nieto de la reina de Inglaterra no me convencía mucho, pero bueno, quería un romance de enemies to lovers y me habían hablado bien de él. Cuando empiezas a leer dices, "bueno, guay, se llevan mal y encima por sus personalidades esto puede dar chicha" pues lo siento, pero el enemies to lovers dura un cuarto del libro, y siendo generosos. Que por cierto, justamente la única parte que podría salvar del libro. La tensión romántica entre los personajes se rompe demasiado pronto dejando únicamente una historia ñoña y muy aburrida porque entre sucesos importantes, que yo entiendo que es algo que debería ser común viendo quienes son nuestros protas, pasa muchísimo tiempo y muchísimos sucesos que no me parece que aporten a una historia romántica. Sí, sus dramas personales importan y construyen los personajes, pero si me vas a hablar de política hazlo interesante y si vas a hablar de un príncipe LGBT pues... hazme empatizar aunque sea un poco.
Otro problema que veo es que la pluma tampoco ayuda a todos estos hechos, a veces todo se cuenta por encima y otras en cambio se enrolla innecesariamente con cualquier cosa, además de que los diálogos son también bastante aburridos, siento que los personajes tienen horchata en vez de sangre en las venas.
Y bueno, por último es que los conflictos de esta gente me pasan por encima sin decirme nada, quiero decir, ¿de verdad voy a empatizar con cualquiera de ellos estando en el estrato social que están? No, gracias. Total, que al final los personajes dan un bajón increíble y sumado a la escritura ha hecho que me quiera bajar del carro a nada de acabarlo.

nezza0000007's review against another edition

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4.0

What happens to them? Do they get married? I need an epilogue. The story should be only about them. And the last chapter is mostly about Alex's mother. I wanted more of them and less politics. I mnow that politics are important, but I do think there could be less of it.

queentau's review against another edition

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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

3.0

I know this one is super popular, and it was a fun read, but I really wish there'd been more relationship building that weren't just sex, and which didn't feature as much alcohol (beyond just the romance, they drink a LOT, at least in the scenes we see, which made me somewhat uncomfortable).

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