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All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

51 reviews

peachani's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A necessary book full of lessons and hope for Black queer youth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Homophobia, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Racism, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Deadnaming, Blood, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Outing, and Racial slurs

cjsays's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Death, and Cancer

alexisthecrow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Grief, Medical content, Racial slurs, Death, Drug use, Bullying, Cancer, Sexual content, Racism, and Outing

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

i never really know what to say abt memoirs because theyre such a raw form of storytelling and i dont want it to sound like im criticizing someones life, but this book was so raw and painful in parts that all i can really say is thank you to author and i can only hope this book falls into others peoples hands as i can see it being something a lot of people will need 💖💖💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, Racism, Rape, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Child abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Transphobia

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Outing, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Slavery, Misogyny, Deadnaming, and Murder

grboph's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was quite the book. George M. Johnson is an incredible person, and their story is a very important one for everyone to hear. The incredible thing about this story is that while most memoirs are about someone with a very unique or unusual story, Johnson's is very commonplace, it just has hardly ever been told before. On top of its importance to society, the book is also full of stories about Johnson's life that are heartwarming, sad, and everything in between. I'm so glad I got to experience this book, and I would recommend it to absolutely anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Incest

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Drug use, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Medical content, Cancer, Outing, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction and Injury/Injury detail

shoshin's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Grief, Sexual content, Child abuse, Incest, Deadnaming, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Racism, Drug use, Death, Terminal illness, Sexism, and Outing

tomnoor's review against another edition

4.75

I really loved listening to the author’s story and it feels like such an important story to have put into the world. For me I would’ve loved a bit more theory but since it’s designed for a YA audience I can totally understand why it was limited. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Homophobia

Moderate: Death and Outing

Minor: Cancer

orchidd's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Cancer, Incest, Outing, and Sexual content

nassy's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and so thankful to have literature such as this to help support me as a 30 something black queer woman. This is a definite recommendation to all in and outside of the community. I cried, laughed, learned and so much more! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Transphobia, Cancer, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Sexual content