Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

106 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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

I forgot how much I love paranormal romances 🥲 I loved all the characters and all the important topics Thomas was able to seamlessly include in the story. Even though I was able to predict the ending pretty early on and the ending was a little too perfect, I still enjoyed it. I highly recommend the audio book, as Roque does a phenomenal job of narrating, and the bonus interview with Thomas at the end is so lovely. I love #Yadrian!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Deadnaming and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

roadesntoades's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

Never has there a book that left like such a true reflection of queer youth in Latin communities. If people don’t like this book, they are not people I’d like to know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Incest, Transphobia, Blood, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Outing

journey2's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

I *LOVED* this book. No pretext, this book is amazing.
 I felt every emotion. I cried many many many tears!
I love reading a story where you feel the love build naturally and honestly as you go. Their love was palpable. The way they saw each other and the passion they felt about everything about each other was so incredible and raw. They cared, they truly cared and wanted the very best for each other and he people that were important to them. 

This book was written with such heart, such beauty and such passion and it has immediately jumped into my favourite book collection. 
 I will read this again and again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

TW for transphobia, deadnaming, bullying, blood, violence, death, murder, gangs, conversation about cultural appropriation, deportation

karobiner's review

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: Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Classism

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

laurenleigh's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

I can see why everyone has been reading this one! It was a good mix of lighthearted fun and important social justice. When the characters did discuss something important, like chosen family, classism, cultural appropriation, and trans rights, it was done in an easy, simple manner. I love when major topics are seamlessly woven into a larger narrative like this; a door is opened for further thought, but it doesn’t stop the story in its tracks. This narrator (like

the author) is Latinx and trans, and I’m loving that representation! I enjoyed the unique voices for each character, and they were really brought to life. This could make such a good movie, and I got strong Coco vibes, if Coco was older and trans. I hope there’s a sequel some day!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Racism

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

It was really entertaining and a fun, quick read.  I've knocked a star off because it was extremely predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

nellienelson's review

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

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

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

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Julian Diaz, the sweetest dorkiest bad boy in all of fiction. <3 def my favorite character by far. 

Liked all the characters, overall cute story and pretty visuals/mythology. The only things that made me enjoy it slightly less were:

1. the big twist was, in my opinion, super obvious from the veryyyy beginning. Buuuut I was more interested in the characters’ journey anyway, so it didn’t really matter so much 

2. there was too much explaining re: the culture. Like at times it felt a little textbook-y. Like especially the translations of the Spanish directly after it was used (which I guess would be necessary to someone who doesn’t understand Spanish…) 

3. Take this with a grain of salt because I’m not very familiar with Central American religion/mythology, but the gods/mythology referenced, are, to my knowledge, Mayan. The characters, however, despite all being Hispanic, aren’t all from that region. Half of them are from the Caribbean. Why did a Mayan god 1000 years ago extend the brujx power to peoples she had nothing to do with? Unless those other people married into the brujx, which might also explain the dilution of magic, but that also doesn’t make sense given that we’re told several times the brujx don’t like outsiders or straying from tradition. 


Mhm…why do I always do this? I finish a book like “wow I liked that” and then when I start thinking about my thoughts as I was reading I come up with all these complaints lol. It’s still a fun cute book that I enjoyed but  obvi it isn’t perfect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Transphobia, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Deportation

vaguely_pink's review

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

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

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

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peachmoni's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Kidnapping