Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

184 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

zefancifulreader's review

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The fact that this is the #2 Most Banned Book in America this year makes me ill. 
I spent most of the book thinking… “why is this banned??” 
But I realize that, similarly to “Gender Queer” by: Maia Kobabe, the reason this book is banned is because it speaks of something real. 
I wish I had had this book when I was in High School and I am so glad that it remains in libraries, despite the pushback. 

“Will this part of my story be met with pushback?
Absolutely. But I'll be damned if I don't tell it because of fear. My greatest fear is that queer teens will be left to trial and error in their sexual experience. It's worth me feeling a little embarrassed so that you all are a bit more prepared.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

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

sandsing7's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Homophobia

honeybeewitched87's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Incest, Sexual content, Homophobia, Racial slurs, 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

cactuspunk's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

 This book was a great dive into both George M. Johnson's life itself and the wider communities that live through similar stories. It simultaneously had beautiful, joyful moments and embarrassing, sad, and sometimes borderline horrific scenes. All together it painted an incredible depiction of the highs and lows Johnson faced in his life. The only problem the memoir suffered from was inconsistency. With the constant jumping from time period to time period, the book as whole felt less like a complete whole and more like individual stories compiled together almost haphazardly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Minor: Transphobia and Outing