Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

49 reviews

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

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

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

Discussion of gangs

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense 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? Yes

4.5

An astounding book with no shortage of heart-wrenching teen drama. Yadriel is a brujo, one of the male members of a necromantic tradition stretching back to pre-colonial Central America. He is also transgender and accidentally falls in love with the first spirit he raises, Julian. With the backdrop of a mysterious death in the brujo community and the possibility that Julian's death is linked, I literally burned the midnight oil to read the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Colonisation

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Deportation

Self-harm for ritualistic purposes.

noahsingh's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

mirireads's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Abandonment

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Police brutality, Car accident, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Genuinely such a good read. It was really comforting queer representation and that definitely made me happy. It’s a LITTLE slow at the very beginning but please don’t make the mistake of giving up on it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

isitamonito's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

nicamooch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

4.0

I love loved the concept and world building  of this book. 

I also really loved the banter and relationships Yadriel has with Julian and Martiza. The love story was so adorable I really wouldn’t have been able to handle a bittersweet ending between those two 😭 

The climax had me simultaneously bawling and cursing @ Thomas for the pain! The way my gut dropped when I turned onto Chapter 24…it was narratively such a good choice but I was also pissed because it did its job of wrecking me, you know?

I found the twist/reveal upsetting, it’s like, even though I figured it out beforehand because this character was the only viable option—it’s just devastating because you don’t /want/ it to be them. But I also feel like that’s why it works 😭 yet another great narrative choice for maximum pain 😭😭!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Abandonment

victoriapatella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Transphobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Racism, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation