Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

90 reviews

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Murder, and Transphobia

Minor: Deportation and Car accident

crumbofcare's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

"Growth isn’t a deviation from what we’ve done before, but a natural progression to honor all those who make this community strong." 

Why did I let this book sit on my shelves for 6 months before starting it? I'm so mad at past-Carrie because it was incredible. This was a beautiful YA story. Every time Yadriel was misgendered I was ready to throw hands. 😡 Seeing him go through this journey was fantastic. I laughed, I cried, and I got mad at fictional characters... but I also cheered so hard for other fictional characters. This was everything I wanted from a paranormal YA.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Sexism, Murder, Transphobia, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Deadnaming, Deportation, and Fatphobia

clockworkstars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

 

“Why do you have to prove anything to anyone?"
"It's just how it is, how it's always been. In order for them to let me be a brujo—"
"You don't need anyone's permission to be you, Yads”

4.5☆|5

Ce roman est absolument parfait, lisez le. Mais étant donné que je ne peux pas juste dire cela, je m'en viens détailler un minimum.

J'ai su que j'allais aimer dés le premier chapitre et ce n'est même pas une exagération. Et ma prédiction était exacte, car j'ai tout simplement adoré ma lecture. Déjà de part le personnage principal. Yadriel est incroyable. La manière dont le personnage est décrit ? Le comment il gère et vit son identité de genre ? Le comment sa transidentité est décrite, le comment cela se passe dans sa famille, les scènes avec Julian où la citation apparait (phrase qui m'a tout simplement rempli le cœur de joie tout en me faisant pleurer.) ?? Ce fut exceptionnel, la représentation est immaculée.

Et si j'ai aimé Yads de tout mon cœur, j'ai également sombré pour Julian. Je l'aime avec tout mon cœur. Au chapitre 10, j'ai déclaré dans les DMs d'un·e ami·e "De toute façon ça fait 9 chapitres qu'il est chaotique et adorable, je l'aime". Et oui. Juste oui. Ce personnage est un chaos incarné, qui a peu de self control, qui est impulsif au possible mais c'est pour ça qu'on l'aime et qu'on s'y attache. Quand je dis qu'on a tous besoin d'un Julian Diaz dans nos vies, je le pense sincèrement.

Et j'ai aussi beaucoup, beaucoup aimé ce roman grâce au worldbuilding qui était exceptionnel. On est plongé dans la mythologie latinx et j'aime fort fort fort. Le comment leur société marche, les préparatifs de Dia de los muertos, le fait qu'il y a des mots espagnols un peu partie, le système de magie. Absolument fan, je veux lire les autres livres de l'auteurice maintenant. Dans la semaine. S'il vous plaît.

Aiden Thomas nous plonge dans une fantasy exceptionnel, avec une petite touche de romance qui m'a fait sourire au possible, c'était juste incroyable à lire et j'ai un peu beaucoup fondu pour les personnages mais vous n'avez aucune preuve.

J'ai beau avoir adoré ce roman, je regrette légèrement la fin. Je ne suis pas entièrement fan de comment s'est passé la résolution du plot même si j'ai beaucoup aimé celui-ci en général. Ça a été peut-être un peu trop vite sur certains points et c'est je pense le seul point négatif que je trouve à aborder ici, tellement ce roman m'a semblé exceptionnel et parfait.

En conclusion : lisez le. Maintenant. Je vous assure que vous ne le regretterez pas.

TW : deadname (il n'est pas spécifié) ; déportation (hors page) ; dysphorie de genre ; homophobie ; magie du sang ; mégenrage ; mort d'un parent ; sang ; transphobie ; violence

Rep : MC latinx (mexicain, cubain et nord-américain) trans et gay ; LI latinx (colombien et nord-américain) et gay ; SC latinx ; SC trans 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Deportation and Car accident

There is mention and usage of the deadname of the main character. The deadname is not specified, the reader doesn't know it

cosmic_blooms's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Deportation, and Racism

owlieali's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Transphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Deportation, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

saltylane's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

Great story, though the first quarter of the book was a bit rough to get through because it hit very close to home. I’m glad I stuck it out till the end, though. I really enjoyed spending time with the characters. I did predict the “twist” at the very beginning, but that didn’t make getting to that part any less enjoyable. 

I just wish all three of the main cast of characters got equal character development—or at least it wasn’t written like the third character didn’t exist when the other two were interacting or something else was going on. I feel like that would have made the characters seem more real and present within the story. 

The story was a little predictable at times, but it also had some surprises. Either way, it only got a little “boring” when there was more interiority than action happening. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Cursing

Minor: Medical trauma, Transphobia, Outing, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Deportation, Racism, Cursing, Car accident, and Alcohol

kaziaroo's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I was shocked when I read the acknowledgements at the end and found that the author wasn't originally going to write about a trans character and Latinx culture, because those, and the bold, loveable characters, are what really make this book stand out. Otherwise, the writing was a bit repetitive (there's lots of "Yadriel didn't know how to respond" and "Julian tilted his head") and the main mystery was very obvious, but the characters and the depictions of the different facets of their culture and how the characters each relate to the culture are special. It just goes to show that plot isn't everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Deportation, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

robinks's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

I forgot how much I love paranormal romances 🥲 I loved all the characters and all the important topics Thomas was able to seamlessly include in the story. Even though I was able to predict the ending pretty early on and the ending was a little too perfect, I still enjoyed it. I highly recommend the audio book, as Roque does a phenomenal job of narrating, and the bonus interview with Thomas at the end is so lovely. I love #Yadrian!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Misogyny, Deportation, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, Animal death, Child death, and Bullying

rtthalia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Child abuse, Deportation, Grief, and Blood

bingereadingandtea's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Deportation, and Fire/Fire injury