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robyn_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, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
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: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Deportation
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: Death, Transphobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Dysphoria
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: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation
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: Death, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
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: Death, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Dysphoria
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: Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, 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: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Dysphoria, and Deportation
Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death and Cultural appropriation
birdie770's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident, Dysphoria, and Deportation
tinyjude'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
4.5
Younger me would have loved this even more 😭 it was healing to read specially in such an uncertain and terrifying time for trans lives and lgbt+ folks in general
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Dysphoria, and Deportation