Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

54 reviews

cozyteareads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Outing, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Abandonment

ro_lux's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Dysphoria

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Outing, and Cultural appropriation

maybeiamnotchurchyenough's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Death and Injury/Injury detail

gilnean's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Police brutality, Car accident, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

recycled_personalities's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Genuinely such a good read. It was really comforting queer representation and that definitely made me happy. It’s a LITTLE slow at the very beginning but please don’t make the mistake of giving up on it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nicamooch's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

I love loved the concept and world building  of this book. 

I also really loved the banter and relationships Yadriel has with Julian and Martiza. The love story was so adorable I really wouldn’t have been able to handle a bittersweet ending between those two 😭 

The climax had me simultaneously bawling and cursing @ Thomas for the pain! The way my gut dropped when I turned onto Chapter 24…it was narratively such a good choice but I was also pissed because it did its job of wrecking me, you know?

I found the twist/reveal upsetting, it’s like, even though I figured it out beforehand because this character was the only viable option—it’s just devastating because you don’t /want/ it to be them. But I also feel like that’s why it works 😭 yet another great narrative choice for maximum pain 😭😭!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Abandonment

scarlettskyes's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Outing, and Dysphoria

emma_the_reader_girl's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book takes ride or die to a new level! I’m going to miss these boys!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mintchocolatechip's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Deadnaming and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

badmom's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing