Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
About four months ago (April of 2023) I came across this book in the online library and immediately borrowed it.
I fell in love with this book. It was chock full of emotion and jam-packed with the internal narrative of each character that really fed that emotional resonance.
Imagine my surprise and delight when I saw that it'd been made into a full-length movie. I looked forward to plopping myself into my recliner and really enjoying this film.
However, knowing a screenwriter, I've learned that it's harder than it looks to convert a book to a screenplay to a movie script.
While I enjoyed the movie, it didn't bring me near the satisfaction as the book did when I reached the end.
I might have chosen different scenes from the book to showcase the characters' journeys, but I'd have to re-read the book to make that determination--and I just might because I enjoyed the book that much.
But it's well worth a watch if male/male romance is up your alley. And FYI, it's rated R for a sex scene. And while it isn't super explicit in my opinion--in that doesn't show the body parts--it's still very clear what's going on and who's doing what to whom. But for all that I think it's well done.
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