Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

83 reviews

water_violin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Death, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

racheloddment's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Medical content

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

On the one hand, the whole murder mystery was incredibly predictable, with grandma asking whether anyone has seen the plot device multiple times and there only being one person who has an obvious motif for using said plot device.
On the other hand I love these characters and they have all my uwus, so. 4 stars. A good time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Medical content, and Car accident

Fire, misgendering, gender dysphoria, mentions of deportation, mentions of gang violence, racist discrimination by police

bencaroline's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Deadnaming, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

"Terminal illness" is a good approximation for the magical condition of this world where one can temporarily continue 'living' as a ghost-type spirit. Treated extremely compassionately in the text. I am editing this after looking at the other content warnings; I would contend that the transphobia in this book is moderate at most. To me (a trans person), this is first and foremost a book about trans joy--no that that would negate extreme transphobia, but to me the depictions of trans acceptance and euphoria are WAY more present in the book than the negative bits, and I want to say that. There are no graphic depictions of transphobic violence, and iirc only brief descriptions of familial rejection or bigotry; Yadriel's family/community has a lot of latent transphobia, BUT, they seem to be working towards embracing his identity.

mirichasha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Racism, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

human sacrifice????

nullandvoidlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous 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? N/A

4.75

As soon as I started the book I knew I would love it and this book did not let me down. I don't have much else to say about it because I was enjoying it so much I didn't want to stop to take notes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Medical content

lunarlibra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely fell in love with the characters, there were multiple times i had to put the book down and run around my living room before coming back to it. 
I felt so seen in Yadriel's anxious tendencies, but the bigger surprise for me was recognizing the struggles i had as a teenager with ADHD reflected in Julian. Full of energy and quick to anger, just like I was at that age!
The trans representation meant a lot to me. There are details of some struggles but also a lot of love and support! And reading about the ups and downs Yadriel has with his Latinx family felt like coming home.
It took me a few chapters to get sucked in, but once I did I couldn't put it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, and Medical content

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much! It's so charming and entertaining, and I absolutely fell in love with the characters. This book balances so many things so well, and I'm very glad I got to read it. I hope there's a sequel soon! (Note: I'm only saying that because the author said he might write more; the ending is entirely complete and satisfactory.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Yadriel's family Has been able to see and deal with spirits for generations. He's coming of age, and is determined to join their important work, but first he must prove to everyone that he's a boy and that being transgender doesn't pose a problem to his powers. I greatly enjoyed this book filled with spirits, magic, romance, and Hispanic Culture. The characters are great fun, and I really enjoyed seeing how the story played out. This is a great October read, but it's fine for any other time of year too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Deadnaming, Gun violence, and Medical content

Teen homelessness (especially from LGBTQ+ familial rejection), mentions of teen gang involvement, death of a parent, death of a friend, body dysphoria

haleyapratt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Kidnapping