Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

378 reviews

bootrat'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? Yes

4.5

I really liked this book, but hated the incorrect understanding of the British monarchy. Henry absolutely wouldn't be called the Prince of Wales! If you're going to include something as well known as the British monarchy you really need to get your information/titles correct. I know the author is American, so may not fully understand it, but that's what editors etc are for. 
Aside from that (once you just suspend belief) it's a really enjoyable book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

Minor: Biphobia

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

I liked this book a lot. It was previously a DNF read for me, but I’m so glad I gave it another chance. It’s funny, compelling, and romantic. It was a fun read and had great dynamics and representation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Body shaming, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Vomit, Homophobia, and Racism

gracelang_09's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

marissasa's review against another edition

funny 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? No

4.5

This was a silly and unrealistic romance but it was a lot of fun to read. The main character Alex has so much personality and sass, and I love his banter with his bestie, his sister, and his love interest Henry. I loved how layered his character was and how he had his fair share of introspective and intelligent moments mixed in with his goofiness and his insults that were so accurate to how queer men drag each other. Although I found Henry to be a little boring compared to Alex, I did like how he was more than just his perfect Prince Charming image and that his mental health struggles were shown too. Although the ending was pretty idealistic, I appreciated it for what it was and I love that this book is giving gay people the cheesy happy ending romance stories that straight people have always had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Outing, Addiction, Death of parent, and Sexual content

trayslays's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Alcohol, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Outing, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Colonisation

nils_0's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual content

torismazarine's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Biphobia

Minor: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization

beccabookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Stalking, Terminal illness, Cancer, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Much better than the film, more romantic and well thought out. I liked the emails and transcripts. The politics was a bit over my head at times but good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Outing

Minor: Sexism, Classism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Deportation, Sexual assault, Addiction, Grief, Death, and Biphobia