Reviews tagging 'Death'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

163 reviews

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.0

all boys aren't blue is def an important read, esp for bringing more awareness and visibility to queer ppl own their own terms, in their own voice, here thru the words of george m. johnson.

despite being for younger readers, the memoir deals w/ some heavy themes and subject matter - albeit realistic and necessary ones - and it's unsurprising why many scared and prejudiced adults are averse to the book and have been trying to ban it.

while there are certain impactful and memorable lines thruout, i find the writing juvenile at times, perhaps bc of its younger target audience. the overall book also seems a lil scattered, not as cohesive as it could be, and the ending too abrupt imo. nevertheless johnson's memoir is an important one that sheds light on the plight of a group of marginalized voices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, and Child abuse

Minor: Death and Transphobia

jessspeake's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Grief, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Medical content, Outing, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Blood

dannothedino's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Outing, and Transphobia

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Slavery, and Police brutality

mvanslam_2001's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death

madisone's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Drug use, Incest, and Sexual assault

madz_lyr's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, and Sexual assault

w333d_w0rm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Death

Minor: Outing

strawberrytheauthor's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I read this for a college course and it was so good. I don’t know if I personally would categorize it as YA because the sexual and violent scenes were quite graphic. I identified with the book which surprised me because I am a cisgendered white woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Incest

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Child death

traa's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Outing, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Police brutality

peytonktracy's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

This is one of those books I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to read. Or more accurately, listen to. Definitely crappies with some heavy topics but is a book I wish I had access to when I was growing up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Outing, and Racial slurs

Author has a disclaimer/content warning at the beginning explaining word usage and topics. Read it!