Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

101 reviews

crzicricket's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Oh my gosh, all the feels. This book was so good. Happy and sad, funny but serious. As a trans individual myself it was so great to see myself represented by the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

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

Minor: Deadnaming and Transphobia

longlost's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.5

man this was a GOOD book. aiden thomas has crafted such interesting characters and their writing style is enamouring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Racism

Minor: Cultural appropriation

nicamooch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

I love loved the concept and world building  of this book. 

I also really loved the banter and relationships Yadriel has with Julian and Martiza. The love story was so adorable I really wouldn’t have been able to handle a bittersweet ending between those two 😭 

The climax had me simultaneously bawling and cursing @ Thomas for the pain! The way my gut dropped when I turned onto Chapter 24…it was narratively such a good choice but I was also pissed because it did its job of wrecking me, you know?

I found the twist/reveal upsetting, it’s like, even though I figured it out beforehand because this character was the only viable option—it’s just devastating because you don’t /want/ it to be them. But I also feel like that’s why it works 😭 yet another great narrative choice for maximum pain 😭😭!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Deadnaming, Death, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child death, Domestic abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Medical content

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Murder, Racism, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

kayles514's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, and Transphobia

emmasbelovedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book takes ride or die to a new level! I’m going to miss these boys!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Ableism

jesse_0405's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Dysphoria, Grief, Transphobia, and Racism

deadpoetsam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Dysphoria, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Deadnaming, Murder, and Transphobia

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Hate crime, Alcohol, Child death, Homophobia, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

justyncase's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

Will I hyperfixate? Stay tuned to find out lmao

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Child death

lily1304's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

There are some plot holes. the magic rules are not well defined. you can see some of the plot twists coming a mile away.

But Yadriel and Julian are so dang cute 😭 it's a fun story with a good pace. Also the concept of a teen witch who won't use her healing powers because she's vegan is hilarious.

I'm curious how much of the "brujx" culture is real and how much is imaginary - I would love to learn more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Dysphoria