Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

107 reviews

kayles514's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Death of parent

emma_the_reader_girl's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book takes ride or die to a new level! I’m going to miss these boys!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jesse_0405's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Grief, and Dysphoria

deadpoetsam's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

justyncase's review

adventurous funny 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? Yes

5.0

Will I hyperfixate? Stay tuned to find out lmao

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Child death

lily1304's review

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

There are some plot holes. the magic rules are not well defined. you can see some of the plot twists coming a mile away.

But Yadriel and Julian are so dang cute 😭 it's a fun story with a good pace. Also the concept of a teen witch who won't use her healing powers because she's vegan is hilarious.

I'm curious how much of the "brujx" culture is real and how much is imaginary - I would love to learn more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

abarnakwn_ourcolourfulpages's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Murder, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Alcohol

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective

• 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

I absolutely loved Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. Not only did I learn so much about Dia de los Muertos, but I also loved Thomas’s writing and the development of their heart-warming characters. The main character, Yadriel, a transgender, Latino, high schooler, is determined to prove himself as a real brujo. With the help of his friend Maritza, he performs a ritual to become a brujo, but manages to summon the ghost of his recently deceased classmate Julian Diaz in the process.

While on the hunt to find out what really happened to Yadriel’s also recently deceased cousin, Yadriel soon realizes that he doesn’t want Julian to leave him for the spirit world just yet. Cemetery Boys is a culturally rich and beautiful narrative that tells the story of love, family, and friendship. I loved Thomas’s descriptive writing style that makes me truly feel like I am within the book's setting. This one is definitely a quick read and I encourage you to read it soon as Dia de los Muertos is November 1st! Cemetery Boy is truly a one-of-a-kind story that you don’t want to miss.

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Content Warnings

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

kbairbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed this book so so much. I love the diversity, I love the Mexican culture, I love the food, I love story, I love the characters, I love everything about the narrator. They were absolutely the most perfect person to take on this job and I really loved the interview between the narrator and author at the end of the audiobook. I think McMillan did an incredible job with the audiobook and choosing the narrator and for sponsoring Aiden to bring the story to life. I can’t WAIT to see where Yadriel and Julian go and what they do. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Transphobia, Car accident, and Alcohol

cherie_mishu's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

“You don't need anyone's permission to be you, Yads.”

Rating

Overall: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
Setting: 4/5
Writing: 3.5/5
Plot and Themes: 3/5


Content and trigger warnings:
↷Blood magic (referenced), Character abuse, Deadnaming of a trans character, Death, Gender dysphoria, Homophobia, Misgendering of a trans character, Transphobia

review

I really enjoyed the relationships between all the characters, especially Yads and Jules' relationship and how it formed. However I do believe the overall plot was kind of... obvious, as in it would obviously end up being someone close to them that end up hurting them. But the whole storyline throughout the chapters is what kept me going, wanting to learn more abut the characters, how relationships formed and what exactly would happen! I found the book to be a average paced read at least and didn't rush myself to get through. I definitely would love to talk about the characters, I believe the culture and characters are really what made this book stand out.

Conclusion

Pros: really enjoyed seeing the difference in culture and how they view lgbt folks
Cons: overall ending didn't give much of a surprise or suspense
Overall 4/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Dysphoria