Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

282 reviews

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad 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: Blood, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Deportation, Transphobia, Death, Dysphoria, Murder, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, and Deadnaming

aerietta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Death of parent, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, Deadnaming, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

megj23's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

fronk10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-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

4.5

A gorgeous and sweet book about community and acceptable. The characters are the stars of this book, written so well and brought to life by Thomas (no pun intended!). The only reason it’s 4* and not 5* is because I definitely caught the murder mystery plot really early on, but otherwise I adored this. So full of queer love and joy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

ctara2123'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? It's complicated

5.0

This was SO GOOD!!!! My heart is happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Deadnaming

jodierose14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Deadnaming, Death, Blood, Murder, Torture, and Death of parent

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

purely_romantic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia

jareadforfilth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

People told me I needed to read this book for the loooongest time and I kept meaning to, but other books just kept jumping it’s place on the queue. I’m so happy that I finally took the time to read this book because it was INCREDIBLE!! I figured out the mystery and the villain fairly early on, but even so the way it turned out had me on the edge of my seat, heart racing!! Also there was a GLORIOUS twist that I didn’t guess at or see coming.

The trans/queer representation here is impeccably executed and while the struggles of our trans teen protagonist are a large focus of the book, Thomas does an outstanding job of letting Yadriel have an identity beyond just his transness and his struggle for acceptance. Yadriel is such a vivid, wonderful character who shines in his convictions and his tenacity. Julian is such a goof and I fell in love with him and his excitement for life and reckless abandon. Maritza is such a baddy and she is the kind of friend and family that we should all be lucky enough to have.

Lastly, the cultural richness of this book is so beautiful. Centering largely around the preparations for and celebration of Día de Muertos, the colors and vibrancy of the holiday were so paramount and honestly took on an almost character of their own. The spirituality and reverence were wonderful and beautiful and I’m so grateful to have been able to witness that on these pages.

This book is an absolute must-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming

noxii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Blood, Murder, and Transphobia