Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

82 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

amazelan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

j'ai pas vraiment apprécié l'écriture et la façon dont les chapitres étaient organisés, avec une morale à chaque fois alors que tout le chapitre en était déjà une et que ça faisait du coup répétition.
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+.

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Content Warnings

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

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Incest, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Terminal illness, Racism, Chronic illness, Slavery, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Grief

immovabletype's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Violence, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming, Outing, Racial slurs, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

bookwyrmsam's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

This is the type of book I don't feel I can rate, but I do believe it was an important read. I appreciated hearing George M. Johnson's story and I can see why this would connect for so many young readers (Which makes it even more disheartening that it has so consistently been banned and challenged in schools and libraries).  Please do check trigger warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Drug abuse

astralfeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

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

caprichosbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

One of those books you might end by saying...why didn't I read this sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, Deadnaming, and Racism

bookswithabbey1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Incest, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, and Outing

ankita1996's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Incest, Addiction, and Drug use