Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Other Boys by Damian Alexander

9 reviews

aus10england's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

quick graphic memoir, loved the flashbacks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.0

This is such a deep memoir with amazing themes and it touched my heart to get to see this person’s experience and I love the medium. Highly recommend for all those who felt different in school. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

sjclay122's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Death of parent

melmattocks21's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

This was a very powerful graphic novel memoir about a boy growing up with trauma due to the devastating murder of his mother and incessant bullying due to his gender and sexuality. 

I found the writing a bit hard to follow at times, as it jumped around a lot. Also, the ending was very abrupt. I wish we got to learn more about post 7th grade life, rather than a 4-5 page summary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Murder

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Murder

numberdance's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.0

Damian attempts to avoid being bullied in a new school, and his strategy of not talking (to avoid drawing attention) backfires.

About processing lots of things and how those impact middle school kids: past family trauma, death in the family, poverty, being gay (and especially being a more femme boy).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

bookiesncookies's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

readingwithcats's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

Alexander doesn't shy away from difficult topics in this autobiographical graphic novel. He really digs deep into his exploration of his sexuality, and the ways that trauma affected his time in school. There's a lot to like in this graphic novel, from the distinct art style to the writing. There are middle grade readers that will for sure relate to the story. 

One of the things that felt most authentic to me for this book was Damian's journey to discovering that he likes boys instead of girls. Throughout the book, he constantly talks about ways he's different than the other boys in his class, but it's not until middle school that he really realizes that he has different romantic feelings, too. There's alos a positive representation of therapy, and Damian finally gets the help that he needs. 

Overall, this is an effective graphic novel that would definitely have a home on any school or library shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief