Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

31 reviews

alzi4k's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Hate crime, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Outing

cherrypiejay's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This beautifully written book definitely comes with many content warnings for various types of SA, grooming, and trauma. 

I listened to the audiobook, lovingly narrated by the author. It’s such a gritty, raw, honest story about a queer youth finding himself, and I enjoyed every minute of it - even though some bits were tough to get through due to being quite triggering. It’s an important story that needs to be shared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Death

lacey_wi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Incest, Police brutality, Racism, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Rape

Minor: Deadnaming, Colonisation, and Transphobia

bandysbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

It’s hard to rate a memoir, particularly when it’s so personal and vulnerable. This memoir reflects on a lot of difficult topics in ways that make them understandable to a large variety of people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Racism, and Hate crime

deadeye's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Grief, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Police brutality, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Drug use, and Medical content

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

casandra_lovealwaysbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

anna_l's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Police brutality

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I think this memoir will be really helpful for a lot of people, and I'm very glad it was written. I'm also glad I read it. However, the writing was not very good; I feel bad saying this, and this is the first book in a very long time where I would actually say something like that. I think the structure of the book was sort of a mess, and so much of it was really on the nose. "Here's a story that I'm going to tell in a roundabout way as if it's not planned out ahead of time, and now here's how I connect this to broader society/gender/identity/etc." Again, I think this book will be great for some young people figuring out their identity on multiple levels. And it's not like it was written terribly or anything--but I haven't read a book written this poorly in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

_malia_pt's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, and Sexual assault