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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

163 reviews

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

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

brynn_books's review

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? Yes

5.0

This book was so cute! It was the perfect spooky book. New favorite book couple unlocked? Maybe... 

I loved the relationship between all of the characters and seeing them grow throughout the book. 

Time to convince everyone I know to read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Death of parent

kds's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming and Homophobia

mxbluet18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

This is the second time reading this book, and the second review I'm writing for it. In short, this is one of the top books I've ever read, and I can't rate it highly enough. 
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I'm not Hispanic myself and therefore can't and wouldn't comment on that particular area of representation, nor do I know enough about the magic element to say anything. However, with regard to the representation of a young trans male, I personally found it to be accurate to the experiences we have. And again, I feel that the lack of acceptance and understanding from his family was also very true to life unfortunately. 
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Much as the first time, this book made me cry more than once. I felt a strong sense of euphoria when Yadriel's father first called him by his name, and said that he was a brujo. But I also really felt the pain when his abuelita called him by his deadname, and when people referred to him by the feminine forms of words (sadly gender can't be avoided in some languages because of their structure).
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Ultimately, I really strongly enjoyed this book, and I'd really recommend anyone read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Deportation

pipperin's review

hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

A very fun, cute story with unique characters. Definitely reads as Young Adult, but still enjoyable for older readers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

lexi17d's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-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

4.5

Omg this book was so cute!! If you like the Disney movie Coco (with trans and gay rep), this book is for you! Such a quick, fun, and inspiring read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Deadnaming and Death of parent

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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theirgracegrace's review

emotional inspiring tense 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? Yes

4.5

An astounding book with no shortage of heart-wrenching teen drama. Yadriel is a brujo, one of the male members of a necromantic tradition stretching back to pre-colonial Central America. He is also transgender and accidentally falls in love with the first spirit he raises, Julian. With the backdrop of a mysterious death in the brujo community and the possibility that Julian's death is linked, I literally burned the midnight oil to read the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Colonisation