Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

388 reviews

b3ck3tt's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

eldervampire83's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

This was a beautifully original and imaginative story to read. Yadriel's journey in trying to gain the acceptance of his family and the community as a brujo ended with him also learning to accept himself. The story arc with his family was both emotional and uplifting.

I love Julian. He deserves the world. Yes, he is tough on the surface, but he clearly cares about the people that matter most to him. His adventures as a spirit put his life into a new perspective, unfortunately at the cost of learning what others thought of him behind his back. He grew into himself just as much as Yadriel did, eventually learning a bittersweet self-acceptance.

One thing that I absolutely enjoyed about the story was the author's method of building up to the climactic reveal throughout the narrative. Pieces of information are placed throughout like breadcrumbs. All of it leads to such a satisfying reveal.

There should be more coming of age stories like this.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Transphobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Medical content and Car accident

tjeoconnor's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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

4.0

This book was so beautiful and touching. I loved the way it showed the blending of different cultures, and how family is what you make it, not what makes you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Xenophobia and Vomit

aezlo's review

emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

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

Minor: Deportation

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

This was a good read. I'm here for the queer and trans Latinx rep and the narrator was awesome!

Pros: 
- Found family 
- Ancestral magic system 
- Latinx, queer, trans, anxiety, and ADHD rep

Cons: 
- it takes place over two days (Insta-love)
- the tragic loss of a family member at the beginning is just skated by, we don't see much grief/impact depicted. It feels like it was only used as a means to further the plot 

It's also *very* YA (I'm not taking any points off for that though, it's a YA book). 

It's a sweet read and I loved the message. I'll definitely be recommending it to some of the youth I work with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Deportation

franciscoinsf's review

fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved the LatinX representation, the writing about Day of the Dead and traditions. There were some great quotes about the trans experience

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia and Violence

nebulamarcus's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

a book perfect for a trans latino American that loves skeletons, magic and their culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

gge's review

emotional 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

5.0

Fell in love with this book and it’s characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

lfl's review

dark emotional informative slow-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

Generally slow, and mildly predictable, but I’m still giving this five stars because it was such a wonderful story. Representation matters so, so much, and we need more well-developed novels with this kind of authentic, unapologetic representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

genevieve5's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, and Murder

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

Minor: Child abuse