Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

76 reviews

moniipeters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Deportation

_nem_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Rep: Trans ftm, gay & Latinx main character. Gay, trans mtf and Latinx side characters.

The book got off to a bit of a slow start but by the end I was desperate to know what was going to happen next. It was slightly confusing with the Spanish sprinkled into the dialogue but there were mostly explanations provided and you could still follow what was happening in the story. 

Overall I loved this book as the characters were so well fleshed out and they felt so familiar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dysphoria

yorgosson's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

saskiahill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

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

stephsbookreviews's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I've seen so many people online talking about this book so I was excited to pick this up to finish up a few prompts for some challenges. I mostly listened to the audiobook and the narrator was FANTASTIC. This is the story of a brujo that is trying to prove himself to his community as he is transgender and they are very traditional and refuse to allow him to finish his ceremony to be a brujo. Then, things start going wrong and he has to save the day! So much fun! I loved the rep for gender, sexuality, and culture. The ending made me cry because it was so perfect and beautiful. Loved it!

This book counts for Popsugar 2022 for a book about gender identity and for r/Fantasy Bingo for an award finalist.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Deadnaming and Gore

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Outing

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Deportation

Self-harm for ritualistic purposes.

trs01's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Deadnaming and Vomit

addyisnothere's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming and Car accident