Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

128 reviews

rustedguina's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation

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

megelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

"A voice in his head told him to stop. That he was getting in over his head. These were treacherous waters and wading into them would only end badly. But a much more powerful force dragged him down like an undertow."

I absolutely LOVED this. It was slightly out of my comfort zone in that I very rarely read fantasy or anything with magical elements, but while some such elements did go over my head slightly, I adored the story and characters so, so much and ended up SO attached and invested that I didn't mind. I loved the family dynamics, the romance, the protagonist's relationship with his cousin and best friend, and honestly basically just everything about this. It's gorgeously written and such a beautiful, poignant story that is equally tragic and life-affirming - and which has so much to say about the world we live in and particularly about trans experiences. Honestly, my only real criticism is that there's a section towards the end where the timeline seems a bit 'off', but that didn't ultimately end up ruining my enjoyment of the story. It did also take me a little while to get into, but once I was in, I was IN. I truly can't recommend this enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

mle11's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Deportation

kegila's review

dark emotional reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse

jackie_marion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

melist6's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, and Deadnaming

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Deportation

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

nozycozy's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

I love this book. The culture represented my own. I didn't get these kinds of stories in my youth, it makes my child/teen heart happy A trans boy trying to prove to his family that he is a brujo, summoning a ghost boy with a side of romance and mystery on the eve of Dia de Muertos? Incredible! This was an emotional, magical adventure with lots of love and humor. I adored the audiobook and the interview at the end also made me emotional. All this representation made my heart swell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse

arj's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse and Violence