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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

169 reviews

christinereads1823's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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

4.75

SUCH a great story. I fell in love with Yadriel and Julian as they fell in love with each other. Aiden Thomas's writing is magnetic, with gorgeously vivid descriptions of Latinx culture alongside gripping action and a clear understanding of his characters and their emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Transphobia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Deportation

male_soley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

I've read the book two times now and I still absolutely love it. I love the queer representation, I love the influence of Latin American culture, I love the ups and downs especially with Yadriel's family. The characters and the relationships between the characters are so adorable and I really felt with them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming and Deportation

psitstorrie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

The premise and characters are fantastic. The pacing is very inconsistent though. It starts off so, so slow, but right at the end it is full steam ahead, with little built in between. I enjoyed the book a lot though, and it was really nice seeing the family dynamics play out how they did. It’s fun and dark at the same time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Car accident

callmeames's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming and Deportation

mylynn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

 I loved this! It has vibrant worldbuilding, intersting lore, great complex character development, mystery,slow-burn romance, banter, etc. This book centers around Dia De Los Muertos, and our main character and his family are brujx who help spirits (brujo) and are able to heal (bruja).

I loved the coming of age story of Yadriel, as he journeys to gain acceptance from the other brujos. Maritza was a great companion to Yadriel and I loved how she was also going against the grain in her own ways. Julian was my favorite character, I loved how he questioned Yadriel's motivations and showed Yadriel that he didn't need to prove anything to the other brujx. I love that we got to meet Julian's friends and see into his life and he had some of my favorite lines. I've said 'love' so many times in this review but it is what it is.

I listened to the audiobook and it was a great experience. I loved the emotion that Avi Roque put into his performance, and he definitely brought the characters to life. At the end of the audiobook there is a really cute interview between Aiden Thomas and Avi Roque and I could seriously listen to them talk excitedly about anything all day long.

There's a reason I can't stop reading YA and it's because it continues to deliver books like this one!

This was my first book towards the January prompts from #TheDiverseBaseline (prompt: Latine Author). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

classicalhell's review

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Car accident, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

ageckocalledachilles's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Classism

allishortell's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

mirandyli's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

3.25

An emotional, fast-paced story about a young teenage boy who is gay and trans. Beautifully written and very sweet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

literelli's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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

5.0

I really loved this. It was heartfelt, it felt real, and the plot was excellent. I especially appreciated the deep love Yadriel had for his culture and his religion, and how that was reflected in the prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia and Medical content

Religious ceremonies, human sacrifice mentions

attempted human sacrifice that is thwarted by the protagonist

, mentions of the afterlife and discussion of spirits/ ghosts