Reviews tagging 'War'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

5 reviews

fierygecko's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

This book made me laugh and cry more than I expected it would. The characters are lovable and very real. The relationships they have with each other feel equally as real. The book starts off as a hilarious slice-of-life and very quickly becomes an emotional romantic rollercoaster with a healthy side of red-string-on-a-corkboard politics. Both moods of the story are fantastic. The only thing I didn’t love about this book was how long the chapters were; rarely was I able to read an entire chapter in one sitting. But the story flows well enough that it doesn’t really matter. I honestly just had a really great time reading this book. I went in with no expectations and before I was finished I knew it was getting five stars. Even just for Alex’s incredibly judgy metaphors about European politics and Henry’s equally creative clapbacks about American government in the first few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Sexism, Drug abuse, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and War

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Outing

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abandonment, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Grief, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Gun violence, Vomit, and War

leerasb335's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

gailsage_thomps's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War, and Xenophobia

frantically's review

5.0

my only goal in life is getting everyone i know to read this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and War