Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

4 reviews

rnewk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Racism

meheehee's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

cstein's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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

5.0

One of the better romance novels I've read! I found the characters lovable and their lives as political and public figures believable. I also appreciated McQuiston's seamless incorporation of queer history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Outing, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Addiction, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

rory1387's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I bought this book because it's all over BookTok, and honestly, I was kind of disappointed. The majority of the book is just explicit sex scenes -- the sheer number of sex scenes has no real purpose -- and the book just read like a smutty fanfiction on Wattpad. The storytelling felt lazy, especially in the central conflict: the fact that Alex and Henry must conceal their relationship because of the crown's homophobia. But this isn't elaborated upon until the last hundred or so pages, when they have already been outed. The ending was alright, I suppose, and somewhat redeemed the book, but not enough for me to give it 3 stars. 

(Also, this book brands itself as enemies-to-lovers; it's not. They're dating by chapter 4, and their only real "enemies" moment is a badly written, angsty misunderstanding.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Death of parent, and Chronic illness