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atsuanna's review against another edition
- 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
"You ready?" Julian asked.
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Transphobia and Deadnaming
Minor: Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Death of parent, and Car accident
merah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I felt every single emotion while reading this book.
Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, Transphobia, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Body horror, Deportation, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Dysphoria
Minor: Car accident, Confinement, Alcohol, Cancer, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Deadnaming
loads of knives, blades, cuts and stabbingsrobyn_fenix's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent, Dysphoria, Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Deadnaming
Minor: Bullying
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Racism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
ashmak06's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Transphobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Medical content
chaotic_corvid's review against another edition
- 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? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Outing, Grief, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Death, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Torture, Deportation, Racism, Cursing, Homophobia, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, and Animal death
robin1010's review against another edition
- 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
Spoiler free version: The worldbuilding/magic system was great and done without info-dumping or having a character constantly provide exposition. The characters felt for the most part real, nuanced, and likeable. The relationship was cute. The writing quality was fantastic, and Aiden Thomas is one of my new favourite authors.
The romance was sweet, and the pacing of it was good for the most part. It felt like at the end it was a bit fast but honestly thats about par for the course for books with teenagers so.
As I mentioned before the author had excellent wordbuilding. The different ghosts wandering around the cemetery and the magic system of the brujx was wonderfully interwoven with real world religion and mythology. I'm curious to know more about the brujx in other regions mentioned at one point but I don't think it's enough to really sponsor a sequel.
The writing quality in general was good. Perspectives were consistent, no spelling or grammar issues, no formatting issues, etc etc. The prose was a bit cliche here and there, but used aptly enough that it didn't feel cheesy.
The plot was a bit difficult for me to judge. I think the pacing for about 70% of the book was perfect, and the last 30% it becomes incredibly rushed. The set up of mentioning the la garra del jaguar being missing, Tio being a sympathetic outcast, the storytelling of Bahlam in preparation - all of it gave you the pieces early enough and subtly enough that it was very satisfying to see it come together. However, Tio becomes an archetypical evil character pretty quickly, and his monologue wouldn't be completely out of place of a bad spy movie. I would have liked to have seen a little more of the depth he had at the start towards the end. Also, I had assumed with Julian and Yadriel both there it might have been some reverse Romeo and Juliet situation but instead it just ends up being a domino effect of character one dies > character two dies to revive them > character three dies to then revive them . And after all that the entire main cast is completely fine. It's not that I wanted anything to happen to them, it was just strange to push them to that point and then have it be instantly reversed.
Overall though I did really the book, and I look forward to reading more of Aiden Thomas' books.
Graphic: Dysphoria, Death, and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming and Violence
panic_at_the_bookshelf's review against another edition
- 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
The trans rep... oof! So many relatable moments! I don't even know where to begin...
Did I have a pretty big idea about how this would end and who was behind the missing people? Yup. Was I right? Yup. Do I care whether this was me being smart or the story being predictable? No, because the story was filled with so many important elements. From cultural backgrounds/traditions, found family, gender identity, dealing with prejudices just because of your background or because people are idiots...
While there were plenty of darker or tensed situations, there was just enough humour to make me love as well. Which might be one of the many reasons why I loved the characters. They felt human! None were overly perfect or overly evil. If anything Cemetry Boys shows nothing is as black and white as you might thing. Nothing is as it seems.
I am not sure how Aiden Thomas did it, but I just found one of my all time favorite reads. I want to reread it already!
How did Ariel say it in the Disney movie? I WANT MOOOOORE!
Graphic: Dysphoria, Death of parent, Transphobia, Grief, Murder, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Alcohol
lycangrrl's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Death
Minor: Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Transphobia, Murder, and Dysphoria
_nutella52's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Deportation, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Grief, Racism, Transphobia, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, and Car accident
Minor: Cultural appropriation and Animal death