Reviews tagging 'Outing'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

71 reviews

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

mercourier's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.25

An intense vunerable memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Outing

He has an amazing way of introducing hard topics and walking someone through them

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

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

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Outing, Racism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Rape

leweylibrary's review against another edition

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

5.0

Such an important book, and it's an important book for YOUNG ADULTS. For some reason, my library, a college library, doesn't have it with all the rest of the YA books, and that really irks me. Yes, there are a few sexually explicit moments, but I really wish people would stop pretending like teenagers don't know about or aren't having sex or at least thinking about it. Like the author said, because he didn't know, didn't have the resources or support to find out, he took a lot of unnecessary and dangerous risks sexually, not to mention how much harder his teen years were not knowing this information. Information is power, especially in areas of sexual and gender identities, and that's the only reason this book has been banned and challenged so much. 

Anywho, this book was very explicitly written for young adults, and the writing style does reflect that. That is not to say that there aren't some really great and powerful moments prose-wise. It was also just a really enjoyable read. I'm glad a book club finally forced me to read it sooner than I might have otherwise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Outing, Bullying, Sexual content, Homophobia, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Drug use

achay91's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Cancer, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Dysphoria and Outing

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Outing, Death, Incest, and Racial slurs

corabookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

4.0

This book was incredible. As George Johnson narrates  experiences in his childhood and young adult life that helped shape his identity, he shares advice for Black kids and queer kids, explaining what he’s learned and what he wish he’d known. He also comments on some flaws in American society, specifically the exclusion of Black history and queer sex education from most curriculums. All in all, I found this book entertaining, emotional, inspiring, and informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Outing, Racism, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Deadnaming, and Incest