Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

279 reviews

psitstorrie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

The premise and characters are fantastic. The pacing is very inconsistent though. It starts off so, so slow, but right at the end it is full steam ahead, with little built in between. I enjoyed the book a lot though, and it was really nice seeing the family dynamics play out how they did. It’s fun and dark at the same time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Car accident

ageckocalledachilles's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Classism

su_uro's review

adventurous funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Transphobia, Violence, and Grief

allishortell's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

mirandyli's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.25

An emotional, fast-paced story about a young teenage boy who is gay and trans. Beautifully written and very sweet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mle11's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Deportation

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Deportation

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, and Transphobia

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Deportation

Minor: Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

melist6's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, and Deadnaming