Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

18 reviews

nicamooch's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! The humour & all the character relationships—especially Alex & June’s. Alex and Henry are utter dumbasses but their interactions are so fun to read and their love story is so full of heart 😭. I binged the last half of this after work and was crying for most of it.

Politics-wise the escapist fantasy I think this was intended to be, unfortunately kept dragging me back & reminding me of reality :|

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, Gun violence, Incest, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

lunep's review

emotional funny hopeful 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: Alcohol, Cancer, Outing, Mental illness, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking, Deportation, Slavery, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Biphobia

chrisljm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Disclaimer: I am incredibly wary of political figures. It’s fuck the British monarchy and I hate US democracy. I was pretty cynical from the beginning of this book because it seemed like a very much idealized version of political leaders, and I couldn’t help but be bitter. However, as more of the story unfolded, I became swept up in Alex and Henry’s story. The prose is so romantic, using just the right words that had me falling in love with Henry right alongside Alex. There were many moments where I was moved to tears, because Alex’s love is so immense. And since obviously they’re long distance, the pining is just.. so.. good. I loved seeing them come together and I wish I could protect them from all the bad things.

Most of the political aspects took a backseat in my brain majority of the time, but I was definitely less cynical and more hopeful in a way by the end. In the acknowledgements, the author describes the book as “escapist, trauma-soothing, alternate-but-realistic reality. Not a perfect world—one still believably fucked up, just a little better, a little more optimistic”, and I think they accomplished that, at least with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Incest

blakethebookeater's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, and Sexual assault

thisiscourt's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Incest, and Drug abuse

roxiw's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

5.0

I wouldn't say this is the kind of book I normally like, but I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the emphasis on family and the tight-knittedness that Alex's has despite their struggles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Incest

adel's review

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Slavery, Stalking, and Vomit

lena_and_her_books's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

It´s gay and it slaps.

This book is what the author calls a parallel universe that "needed to be escapist, trauma-soothing, alternate-but-realistic reality. Not a perfect world - one still believably fucked up, just a little better, a little more optimistic". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Incest, and Racism

This book is what the author calls a parallel universe that "needed to be escapist, trauma-soothing, alternate-but-reaistic reality. Not a perfect world - one still believably fucked up, just a little better, a little more optimistic". This book includes so many good things, starting with a female president.

One of the side characters is a trans women married to a pansexual women. The sexual content mentioned is consentual and between two men. One Person in the book is a recovering addict. The Republican Presidential Candidate has several sexual assault allegations (not publicly), we learn from a victim - this storyline is not center stage. Minor content warnings: One of the main characters parents is dead. The inbreeding of the royal family gets jokingly mentioned. Racism exists in this world, but is not a major plot point. Homophobia is in so far relevant to the story that especially the Royal Family tries to hide their gay offsprings sexual orientation at all costs.