Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

108 reviews

dianacarmel's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I chose this book for the 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge prompt “a book that’s been book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022”. According to the American Library Association, this is the #2 most challenged book. That alone makes it a worthy read. 

I’m giving my rating based on my appreciation for Johnson’s openness and on what I learned through his story, but I acknowledge the lower ratings from folks in the Black and queer communities who take issue with aspects of how Johnson frames his experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Racism, and Racial slurs

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 against another edition

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

madz_lyr's review against another edition

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

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

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

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

momogajo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Bullying, Racism, Homophobia, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Outing, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Drug use, and Deadnaming

cactuspunk's review against another edition

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

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

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