Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

35 reviews

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

littlecozyreaderr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Bullying, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Mental illness, Incest, Drug use, and Homophobia

grboph's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was quite the book. George M. Johnson is an incredible person, and their story is a very important one for everyone to hear. The incredible thing about this story is that while most memoirs are about someone with a very unique or unusual story, Johnson's is very commonplace, it just has hardly ever been told before. On top of its importance to society, the book is also full of stories about Johnson's life that are heartwarming, sad, and everything in between. I'm so glad I got to experience this book, and I would recommend it to absolutely anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Incest

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Drug use, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Medical content, Cancer, Outing, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction and Injury/Injury detail

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Outing, and Mental illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Incest, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Grief

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Deadnaming, and Death

Minor: Incest, Alcohol, Sexism, and Cursing

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, and Cancer

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

alybark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

I listened to this on audio because I love when an author narrates their own memoir. This is a great book with important lessons. 

I knocked off a star because some of the chapters are in the form of letters to people in the author’s life and I didn’t think it worked well. These letters are really written to the audience and convey information about the person (e.g. “you were tall with dark skin”) and other phrasing that is not how you write to someone you know. That took me out of the writing a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Incest, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Death, Alcohol, and Deadnaming

leahrosiee's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content