Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

6 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I read this for a college course and it was so good. I don’t know if I personally would categorize it as YA because the sexual and violent scenes were quite graphic. I identified with the book which surprised me because I am a cisgendered white woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Incest

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Child death

amberlfaris's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Transphobia, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Cancer, Outing, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Hate crime, Cultural appropriation, Deadnaming, and Incest

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

All Boys Aren't Blue is a young adult memoir and manifesto written by George M. Johnson. I decided to pick this book up on audio, and I think that really added to my reading experience. Johnson tells the story of their experiences coming of age as a Black, queer boy in New Jersey and how they interacted with their peers and family during this time. This book gave me much to think about and it definitely elicited some emotions out of me. With the aspects of this book that I liked, I found the organization of the book lacking and the writing leaving some to be desired. When reading memoirs, the question I ask myself is "Does the writing have je ne sais quoi that amazes me?", and this book didn't. For that reason, I am lowering the rating to be less than five stars. If you decide to pick up this book, please research content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Drug use, Outing, Gun violence, and Hate crime

saphfics's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Gun violence

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Transphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Rape, Violence, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Classism, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Racism