Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

150 reviews

arlorees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Great easy read. The trans representation was extremely accurate to life and was clearly written by someone who has gone through the trans experience.

I didn't love how Yadriel felt like he had to prove himself as a boy and this wasn't really disputed apart from by Julien. He did prove himself and that's what made his family accept him, it feels like maybe they should have accepted him before that, or he should have had some apology for them not doing that.

all in all, a very good book and highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Grief, Racism, Murder, and Dysphoria

karobiner's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Lovingly crafted YA, which treats it's Latino trans protagonist with love and respect as a teenager going through a series of fantastical misadventures.

I would argue that the main romance happens pretty quickly, but they are teens so I'll forgive it 😂

Came for queer romance - stayed for the nuanced portrait of Latinx family dynamics ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Classism, Transphobia, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Deportation, Racism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Abandonment, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Bullying, Outing, and Homophobia

alindeman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

God I was in pieces at the end of this book. Such an INCREDIBLE story of a trans experience as well as the lengths we’ll go to for the people we love. I absolutely love the magic and the world building of this book and the way it ties every element together- the mystery, the romance, & yadriels identity. The characters were so good I absolutely love them to death. The ending is so incredible and poetic I feel like it represents

the different paths people can take in response to exclusion, and the consequences associated with shunning someone for who they are

which is incredibly sad; but there is so much growth at the end and really leaves you on such a positive inspiring note. This is a purchase all the editions, display, and reread kinda book. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Dysphoria, Blood, and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Deadnaming

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Ngl I teared up at the end /pos

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming

readingqueerly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. I thought the story was interesting, I loved each character so much. There we so many moments that made me wanna punch some transphobes, but also some that warmed my queer heart. I think Julian is definitely a fav new character. He was so funny and wonderful and silly and made me feel so emotional. Just ✨fictional men✨. 
My biggest issue was with the pacing. I felt like the story took a long while to get going and it was very dense only in the last fifty or so pages. 
The trans rep was phenomenal though. I really related to a lot of moments and situations (same as I did with Felix ever after). 
I'm also very glad I knew just enough Spanish to not need to Google the few sentences 😅. I'm very proud of myself for that haha. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, Deportation, and Child abuse

kds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Dysphoria and Death of parent

Minor: Deadnaming and Homophobia

amengels's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Transphobia

mxbluet18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is the second time reading this book, and the second review I'm writing for it. In short, this is one of the top books I've ever read, and I can't rate it highly enough. 
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I'm not Hispanic myself and therefore can't and wouldn't comment on that particular area of representation, nor do I know enough about the magic element to say anything. However, with regard to the representation of a young trans male, I personally found it to be accurate to the experiences we have. And again, I feel that the lack of acceptance and understanding from his family was also very true to life unfortunately. 
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Much as the first time, this book made me cry more than once. I felt a strong sense of euphoria when Yadriel's father first called him by his name, and said that he was a brujo. But I also really felt the pain when his abuelita called him by his deadname, and when people referred to him by the feminine forms of words (sadly gender can't be avoided in some languages because of their structure).
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Ultimately, I really strongly enjoyed this book, and I'd really recommend anyone read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Death of parent, Deportation, Homophobia, and Violence

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I JUST FINISHED READING IT AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH OMG. The representation was so good, so was the storyline and the story itself. I could really relate to the characters. Even though I already suspected what the plot twist would be somewhere in the middle of the book, it still had me on the edge of my seat while reading. It was so well-written and just amazing. 
I definitely recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Outing, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Racism, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Police brutality

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