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dannothedino's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Outing, and Transphobia
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Slavery, and Police brutality
amazelan's review against another edition
3.5
mais ça c'est que la forme, parce que le fond est vraiment bien, il est important. on a besoin d'autobiographies de personnes LGBT+, de personnes LGBT+ racisé.es, on a besoin d'entendre les histoires des personnes qui nous ont précédées.
et je pense -j'espère- que c'est un de ses livres qui aidera les + jeunes d'entre nous à se sentir vu.es et moins seul.es.
il est rempli d'emotions, mais surtout d'espoir, et l'espoir est si important dans la communauté LGBT+.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Cancer, and Medical content
Minor: Police brutality, Murder, and Slavery
dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Incest, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Terminal illness, Racism, Chronic illness, Slavery, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Grief
arrowsartsandbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual assault, and Homophobia
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Slavery and Transphobia
the_true_monroe's review against another edition
5.0
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
lacey_wi's review against another edition
4.5
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
f18's review
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide, Incest, and Drug use
Minor: Murder, Slavery, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Outing
I would recommend reading the author's note on content warnings at the beginning of the book rather than or in addition to relying on storygraph. (It is the first page after the copyright so you can read it for free in the ebook preview).susannaobrien's review against another edition
4.5
The vulnerability with which All Boys Aren't Blue is written is moving and essential. It took me a couple of chapters to embrace the book as the writing style is more simplistic than I've been used to recently but from the Family chapters onwards I was captivated.
George M. Johnson's raw telling of his queer affirming yet imperfect Black family helps breakdown stereotypes of the Black community, and he takes care to describe powerful relationships with family members (like Nanny, his parents and Hope) and friends (like Kenny) that create a loving environment so often missing for queer young people.
He lays bare his sexual traumas and explorations, friendship gains and losses, and identity questions and certainties - many moments of which had me closing the book to better process his experiences. The simple yet raw writing should provide access to affirmation, acknowledgement and hope to future Black queer young people.
Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Racism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Slavery