Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

46 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I forgot how much I love paranormal romances 🥲 I loved all the characters and all the important topics Thomas was able to seamlessly include in the story. Even though I was able to predict the ending pretty early on and the ending was a little too perfect, I still enjoyed it. I highly recommend the audio book, as Roque does a phenomenal job of narrating, and the bonus interview with Thomas at the end is so lovely. I love #Yadrian!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Misogyny, Deportation, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, Animal death, Child death, and Bullying

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: Medical trauma, Transphobia, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Incest, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Outing, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Grief

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: Murder, Classism, Transphobia, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Deportation, Racism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Abandonment, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Bullying, Outing, and Homophobia

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, Gore, Violence, Deadnaming, Murder, and Outing

onalark's review

lighthearted tense 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

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

Moderate: Murder and Grief

Minor: Outing, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

nellienelson's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

I JUST FINISHED READING IT AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH OMG. The representation was so good, so was the storyline and the story itself. I could really relate to the characters. Even though I already suspected what the plot twist would be somewhere in the middle of the book, it still had me on the edge of my seat while reading. It was so well-written and just amazing. 
I definitely recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Outing, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

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

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

Minor: Colonisation, Alcohol, and Vomit

mousey's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

A sweet and engaging read. The visuals jump off the page and really immerse you in the world. The characters are also easy to love and joy. It’s also really great trans rep <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Gore, Murder, Child death, Deadnaming, Deportation, Dysphoria, Outing, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence

m0usey's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

A really immersive and fun book. The descriptions of people and places are vibrant and alive, you get really immersed into the characters lives and you grieve and laugh with them. Overall an easy but fantastic read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child death, Outing, Child abuse, and Dysphoria

midnightgremlin's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Outing, and Homophobia