Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

48 reviews

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

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

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Transphobia, Racism, Violence, Murder, Death, and Ableism

Minor: Gun violence, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Missing kids, poverty, deportation, gangs, group homes,

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 of parent, Transphobia, Blood, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Car accident, Cursing, Deadnaming, and Fire/Fire injury

readingqueerly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. I thought the story was interesting, I loved each character so much. There we so many moments that made me wanna punch some transphobes, but also some that warmed my queer heart. I think Julian is definitely a fav new character. He was so funny and wonderful and silly and made me feel so emotional. Just ✨fictional men✨. 
My biggest issue was with the pacing. I felt like the story took a long while to get going and it was very dense only in the last fifty or so pages. 
The trans rep was phenomenal though. I really related to a lot of moments and situations (same as I did with Felix ever after). 
I'm also very glad I knew just enough Spanish to not need to Google the few sentences 😅. I'm very proud of myself for that haha. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Murder

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

lainiereads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious

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

5.0

Perfect perfect perfect. So fun, so emotional (I cried), so cute, so well written. I LOVE it. Julian and Yadriel have my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Car accident

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

I JUST FINISHED READING IT AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH OMG. The representation was so good, so was the storyline and the story itself. I could really relate to the characters. Even though I already suspected what the plot twist would be somewhere in the middle of the book, it still had me on the edge of my seat while reading. It was so well-written and just amazing. 
I definitely recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Outing, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Racism, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Police brutality

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