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eva_lucchino'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
3.75
Graphic: Outing and Cancer
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Colonisation, and Alcoholism
nicamooch'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: Outing and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia
Minor: Addiction, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, Gun violence, Incest, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault
merah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Easy read. Very lovable characters.
I don't understand why this book has a reputation of being spicy? It's really not... Yes, there are sex scenes, but they are really not detailed and are usually over rather quickly.
Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, and Racism
Minor: Stalking
impeachnixon'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Outing, Death of parent, Grief, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Cancer
rini'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
5.0
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)
Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Slavery
strawberry_stupid'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
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Terminal illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Biphobia
lunep'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Outing, Mental illness, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Homophobia
Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexual content
Minor: Stalking, Deportation, Slavery, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Biphobia
pia_h's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Outing and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Cancer
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Addiction, and Drug abuse
tetrapakk'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Colonisation
ellahaugdahl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
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as a non-american, i have no interest in american politics, and found the election and congress related stuff boring. it was easy to zone out during these moments. related to this, i think the book should have ended earlier, or at least been shortened on the election-stuff at the end. i was happy with the ending i got regarding harry and alex, but i was bored through the last 70 pages where the topics were mostly about the election and politics.
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one major theme i am glad was included in red, white & royal blue was questioning your sexuality. i think it was nicely and realistically portrayed. even though alex was 20 years old when he started questioning, i was happy that he did. mostly because it is so normal not knowing your preferences before trying your options. i got a better insight of how it was for him, and understood how happy he was about his sexuality in the end.
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in the end i give this book 4 out of 6 stars, mostly because the election-stuff, but also because the book didn’t have the best quality. several pages had smudged ink or barely any ink at all - at least the copy i read, and that annoyed me every time it happened. apart for this, i would recommend it to those interested in both forbidden romance and american politics. it is a book on the longer side, but i got through it just fine, and i think you will too :)
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fun fact: after i watched the netflix series young royals, i scrolled through tiktok and saw several comparing it to red, white and royal blue. that was the major reason i read it lol. i absolutely see the resemblance, and can recommend to those who loved that series as well.
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Colonisation