Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

1059 reviews

marissasa's review

4.5

funny 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: No

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This was a silly and unrealistic romance but it was a lot of fun to read. The main character Alex has so much personality and sass, and I love his banter with his bestie, his sister, and his love interest Henry. I loved how layered his character was and how he had his fair share of introspective and intelligent moments mixed in with his goofiness and his insults that were so accurate to how queer men drag each other. Although I found Henry to be a little boring compared to Alex, I did like how he was more than just his perfect Prince Charming image and that his mental health struggles were shown too. Although the ending was pretty idealistic, I appreciated it for what it was and I love that this book is giving gay people the cheesy happy ending romance stories that straight people have always had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol

bleep_bloop's review

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

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GAYYYY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

sourcherryyy's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

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this was cute but wasnt anything revolutionary. i also dont read a lot of contemporary romance and i didnt care for the politics as much. overall nice lighthearted read :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing

jayla_hh's review

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Lovely 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Addiction

trayslays's review against another edition

4.25

funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism

undecidedpersonality's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Outing, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Transphobia, Colonisation

an93lll's review

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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BRO ITS SO GOOD I ANNOTATED THE SHIT OUT OF IT (and the movie is great too)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Abortion

nothingtosay's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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(Review added Jun 12/2025 during re-read)

Did not realise re-reading this in the current social & political climate feels that much harder than I remembered. I still get an immense joy of the romance but the political part can be hard to visualize or imagine. It certainly is not the fault of the book by any means, just something to keep in mind if I plan to re-read this in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Racism, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

moendchen's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense 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

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Very fast paced but still lovable and funny from the first to the last page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent

torismazarine's review against another edition

3.5

funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol