Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

54 reviews

tallnecked_pancakeface's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Deportation

irisvdn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

Fucking hell... Crying my eyes out

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, and War

Minor: Religious bigotry and Car accident

antijeffbozo_love2read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Deportation

Minor: Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

glen3's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Police brutality, Car accident, Classism, and Deportation

avrija's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

It was a very lovely book, I’ve enjoyed every second reading it. The writing was easy to understand yet descriptive and all the culture and traditions were lovely to read about! The characters were very likeable and distinctive, even the side characters were quite memorable. I really do recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming

sadetanssija's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Outing, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

donttouchmyfeet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-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? No

3.75

There was plenty to love in Cemetery Boys, including the character's personalities, character development, cultural relevance, and relatable scenarios. This is the kind of book I wish I had when I was a teen, it would have meant a lot to me to see trans representation. Aiden Thomas's writing style can occasionally feel over-embellished or repetitive in details that ultimately have little weight to the overall story. Avi Roque was an extraordinary choice for narrating the audiobook, I hope to hear Roque again for the second book! As a whole, I appreciate the space Cemetery Boys is holding, and I ultimately enjoyed the book. It comes down to personal taste; while this wasn't a style I normally enjoy, the story was interesting and heartwarming. I look forward to Yadriel and Julian's future shenanigans! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Outing, and Dysphoria

bookish_perseus's review

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Deportation

Minor: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Deportation

erikagibson126's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Outing, Abandonment, and Deportation

kynaeus's review

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A little bit of a predictable antagotwist but this was still a great read. Trans-centric, murder mystery, latiné cultures front and center, and a happy ending of trans love? Yay. I'll take a little predictability if it means we get this too!

On and GREAT worldbuilding. Love the setup for a possible second book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Grief, Outing, and Deportation