Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

72 reviews

maaathiiilde's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Abandonment

kiwi_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

5.0

I loved this book! I read it in four days, and that's coming from a slow reader. I was so hooked from the first line! The writing is impeccable and the diversity is just what I was looking for. I loved the pacing and I fell in love with the characters before I was finished the fifth chapter!

The love story between Yadriel and Julian had me sobbing

This amazing story about love, family, and acceptance will warm your heartstrings. I cannot stress enough how good this book is and I hope whoever sees this will go read it right now. This is definitely at the top of my list for recs and I have no doubt it will stay there for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

izzybell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

madisonfrank's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

aditik's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Physical abuse and Abandonment

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Car accident, and Abandonment

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.0

i really enjoyed this book! the strongest parts were the opening and the ending because i felt as if that was when the characters and plot strength were at their strongest. the rising of the plot action and the connecting of the romance plot and the other plot could have been incorporated together a little bit more because throughout this book, they seemed to drift off from each other a little too much to the point that i forgot what the main plot was. the characters are complex and well-written especially as teenagers. this author is very good at writing believable banter and genuinely funny jokes that teenagers would say. i greatly appreciated this. i felt that some parts of the book could be a little too clear on what the author was trying to get across but that could also be because it is their first book (and an incredible entrance into the young adult world). my main criticism definitely lies in the plot build up and a little in the romance area. i felt as if more could have been added into the story to really fully demonstrate why the romance was happening and i felt that there needed to be more emphasis on the main plot. there should have been more things going wrong; more clues that something bad was happening (i thought the hints that were given were GREAT

especially when they write about yadriel's tiò being constantly overlooked and the missing jaguar foot

but i never got the sense that something really bad and scary was going on until the main action. THE MAIN ACTION WAS GREAT THOUGH. absolutely incredibly written. i like guessing the endings of books and this one was just predictable enough that i already knew what would happen (to an extent) but the climax point was so well written that i was still on the edge of my seat. the characters are great. the development is amazing. the representation of the trans experience?? chef's kiss.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

ellornaslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, and Transphobia

There's a moment of misgendering(I think that's the right term), but it's not intentional, is real brief, and is addressed.

heymrsbond's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Transphobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

emily_mh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

This book definitely shone in how real the characters and their relationships with one another felt, as well as how rich and descriptive the writing was, especially when it came to showing Latinx religion and culture. However, for about 60-70% of this book I wasn't really looking forward to picking it back up when I put it down for the day. I think this was because the pacing of this portion of the book was VERY slow (due in part to repeating information), and in the beginning it was quite info-dumpy. For this reason, I was looking at giving this a 3.5 stars but the ending really got to me.

While the initial conflict of the ending felt anticlimactic,

the resurrection conflict totally gripped me

. The ending also had me completely taken by Yadriel and Julian's relationship and how fiercely they loved each other. Finally, I found the epilogue really moving. These three elements cemented this book as a 4 star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol