Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

598 reviews

widowrites's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

I almost didn’t read this book because it’s YA and I typically don’t like YA books. I’m too old for them to be relevant, the characters are frustrating for me because they make decisions a teenager would make (yes, I know, I know. They are. This is why I don’t read them). They aren’t written for me, they’re written for teenagers. However, this one is highly recommended, even by older readers who don’t enjoy YA, so I gave it a chance. And I’m really glad I did!

It was a struggle to read sometimes, not because it wasn’t good, but because Yads family was so frustrating. It was so hard to read him being misgendered and dead named, but it was part of the story. It needed to happen to explain why he did things the way he did. And oooh boy did I even resonate with him and feeling guilt about hurting family even when it’s their fault. 

I figured out the plot twist pretty early on… around the 40% mark, but that’s a feature of YA, so it honestly didn’t bother me. It didn’t detract from the twist, because the character didn’t see it coming.

All in all, I really really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it, even for readers who don’t like YA.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Deadnaming, and Death

marcel_thelobotomist's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Homophobia

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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 book had me hooked beginning, middle, and end. Aiden Thomas did a remarkable job with the characters, plot, world building and every aspect of this story. I look forward to reading the sequel and everything else Thomas writes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, and Car accident

hexagonal_flowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Transphobia

Minor: Car accident, Murder, Deadnaming, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

jei_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Death, and Murder

toastedoats42's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

Great listen on audiobook! It's a super interesting world and concept and, while I predicted some of the things that happened, there were twists ai hadn't expected and kept the whole thing fresh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, and Violence

erikagibson126's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Confinement, Deportation, Physical abuse, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Outing, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

nikoops's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

Cemetery Boys is a mystery wrapped in a coming-of-age story. Yadriel knows who he is, but it is a bit harder to get his community and family to acknowledge these truths. It’s ever harder to focus on that when there’s the mystery of the ghost boy and other missing people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Child death, Torture, Violence, Deadnaming, Animal death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Gore, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

kynaeus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

A little bit of a predictable antagotwist but this was still a great read. Trans-centric, murder mystery, latiné cultures front and center, and a happy ending of trans love? Yay. I'll take a little predictability if it means we get this too!

On and GREAT worldbuilding. Love the setup for a possible second book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief, Deportation, Death, and Outing

lastcomment314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

This book is full of life and joy, celebrating the diverse identities of its main character, Yadriel, while also being honest about the challenges he faces in his different communities. All of the characters are vibrant and lovable, and the magic feels real.

Minorly plot spoilers

The twist at the end was also executed brilliantly 

and I was unable to stop during some of the final chapters, even though it was way past my bedtime

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Minor: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Death of parent