Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

12 reviews

clairelisebella's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

Charming beyond belief. I loved reading this book. No notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Confinement

erikagibson126's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Bullying, Alcohol, Biphobia, Grief, Outing, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Sexism, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Misogyny

annahamburger's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Outing, Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Racism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Cancer, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Ableism, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Sexism

recycled_personalities's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Genuinely such a fun read! I really enjoyed it. If you like fanfiction…this one is for you.

It definitely gets more serious and honestly a little scary near the end bc the mc’s are outed but the book is pretty fast-paced so it moves on quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, and Homophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

sammyelliott_'s review

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Alcohol, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Confinement, Cancer, Bullying, Deportation, Drug abuse, Genocide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Hate crime

sproutedpages's review

funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Outing, and Biphobia

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Death of parent, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Hate crime, and Addiction

illgiveyouahint's review

hopeful 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

3.75

After the last book I low key hated I kinda needed something to fix my reading mood so I grabbed this (lol reading this while the coronation of a new british king was happening was lowkey funny). It's lighthearted fun. I don't feel i will be obsessed with it like the others. Will not think it to be top 10 best lgbt books or anything. The comparisons to Young Royals now feel a bit insulting to young royals since I feel like they've been handling the topic better. Like it's clearly a book that's written in reaction to 2016 election. If it was straight I would call it trashy romance book but of course because it's gay that's a level that elevates it.  I enjoyed it a lot but just don't consider it some great quality of writing.
In any case it did it's job. It did what it was supposed to do

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Alcohol, Biphobia, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Sexism, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Hate crime

adonis_march's review

It’s funny, very quippy, it’s got some cute moments, and the characters are like able enough. I enjoyed seeing the relationship come together, but after I got about 3/4s of the way through it sat untouched on my desk for weeks because, ultimately, I didn’t care enough about the story or the characters to see what happens to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Mental illness, Medical content, Homophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Transphobia, Grief, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

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

jjjreads's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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