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undecidedpersonality's review
- 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
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
cdoubet'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: Cursing, Sexual content, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Sexism, Bullying, and Misogyny
Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Racism
Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual harassment
mgbellm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Drug abuse
Minor: Child abuse
rosalie_pearl's review
- 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
Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Child abuse
tobitast's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Sexual content, Biphobia, Child abuse, and Homophobia
Minor: Death of parent, Colonisation, and Alcoholism
imjustbeinghumble's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia and Outing
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Child abuse
jjjreads's review
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Confinement, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Stalking, and Misogyny
Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
taylorsevalia's review
- 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: Homophobia and Cursing
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Outing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Slavery, Incest, Cancer, Blood, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Colonisation, and Adult/minor relationship
kittycuthbert'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
4.0
Graphic: Outing
Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer
keats_the_listener'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
Red, White, and Royal Blue is my first step into this challenge for myself, since it won best Romance Novel and Best Debut Novel. Before reading this book I have read only a few romance novels, and most were split genre (for example [b:A Natural History of Dragons|12974372|A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)|Marie Brennan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359770409l/12974372._SX50_.jpg|18132937] or [b:Curtsies & Conspiracies|15723286|Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)|Gail Carriger|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359660588l/15723286._SY75_.jpg|21398040]), or books I listed to with Rachel.
Reading the book, I went in with high expectations because I had a lot of friends and colleagues who have highly recommended it, and it lived up to expectations. There is a certain level of fairy tale to the novel Spoilera presidential race coming down to Texas, but it is the same type of fantasy that people who enjoyed the West Wing got to indulge in watching that show. As a poli-sci nerd, I found the politics of it entertaining, and the two protagonists were engaging well written characters.
As someone who does not often read romance, it was a book that I would revisit and think it is well deserving of its awards and accolades.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Medical trauma