Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

92 reviews

olivia26's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I love learning about the head families with each country so this really appealed to me. Prince Henry is presented suspiciously as Prince Harry. I enjoyed the character although the plot dragged on a bit. The last 100 pages weren’t he best part however it was hard to get into it at the start. This book was longer than most books I read so it was a bit daunting  going into this book.
The writing wasn’t the most impressive it just felt a bit boring because I love extremely creative writing styles. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone over 13 because it does contain some inappropriate scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

What happens when confrontational tabloid photos of America’s First Son and England’s second Prince of Wales threaten relations between the two countries? Why, their handlers force them into a staged friendship! But in between official events, Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry start to become friends, and maybe even something more...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

sderrig's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Colonisation

ageckocalledachilles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It was pretty good from the beginning, but Oh my God it is impossible to put down once you reach the halfway point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Incest, Colonisation, and Classism

eva_lucchino's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Colonisation

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: Sexual content and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia and Alcohol

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

merah's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

Brilliant book. 
Easy read. Very lovable characters. 

I don't understand why this book has a reputation of being spicy? It's really not... Yes, there are sex scenes, but they are really not detailed and are usually over rather quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Stalking

impeachnixon's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

rini's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

This is the absolute funniest book I have listened to in forever!! I thought I was going to give myself an asthma attack from laughing so much and so hard!!

I LOVED all the Star Wars references!!

All the HP references were tired.

I was utterly horrified that the narrator pronounced gif as "jif"!! 😱

I am head over heels in love with these characters!!

I stayed up till after 5:30am to finish this and I'll probably re-listen to it again before the year is out! (It's mid December)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Slavery

strawberry_stupid's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Biphobia