Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

39 reviews

britwalsh16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

I absolutely LOVE this book! This is my 2nd time reading it, & I swear it was even better the 2nd time around. 
Alex & Henry are just sooooo adorable it’s annoying! Lol rereading the "hate" between them at the beginning knowing what I know about the rest of the book, was just soo much more enlightening!
I cannot recommend this book enough!! And I’m so excited for the movie adaptation, they better not fuck it up for me!!

"Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff."

"History, huh? Bet we could make some."

💜💜💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Cursing

sage_alexandra's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

kbairbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

3.25

I liked this book more than Shara Wheeler but less than One Last Stop. I feel like the first 50% was long distance, time passing, lots of sex. The next 35% was homophobia and racism (not on the authors part that I can see but just from the contents of the story) and the last 15% were inspirational and emotional and uplifting moments. I think they did an excellent job fleshing out their characters as always and the story itself was fun and I’ve never read anything like it before but it just wasn’t quite for me. Also I don’t think Casey should have written from the perspective of a Mexican American individual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Outing

Moderate: Sexual harassment

moonchildjuli's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Colonisation, Grief, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

republicofben's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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

Red, White, and Royal Blue is one of the best books I've read recently. It was joyful and funny while also managing to be emotional and tense. I would recommend this book to anyone I know, though a word of warning: this is not a young adult book, so be prepared for some not young adult scenes. I loved them, but the cover and story might not convey that if you don't do your research. As the author states in the acknowledgements, this book is meant to be an escape to another world that could have been to give you hope for what could be one day for the real world too. I wholeheartedly felt that, and I hope you enjoy the story just as much as I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

Minor: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, and Classism

There are many descriptions of sex, but it is not explicit, named, or graphic.

s0cks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Outing, and Alcoholism

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Racism

acjuat's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Listened to this on Audible and didn't regret it. The narrator was funny and did a great job at characterizing all the different voices, and it made the story more fun. 

The buildup towards the relationship between Alex and Henry is what really drew me in and was my favorite part of this book. It was funny, cute, and had my whole body clenching when things finally started going down. Absolutely loved it, but will say that after they get together and the tension seemed to lessen, I lost interest a little and I felt it get kinda corny. 

Nevertheless, I was happy with the story and loved the happy ending. Gave me hope and was heartwarming to know that the gays win this one :,) The sad and tragic gay story trope is TIRED and this did the gays justice for sure. I had fun :^) 

Shoutout to Meesh for the recommendation! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

emmykyhil's review

funny informative inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Grief