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mostlykenny's review against another edition
5.0
great points about our society. ⭐️
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Slavery, Outing, and Alcohol
dannothedino's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Transphobia, Medical content, Outing, and Alcohol
Minor: Slavery, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
amazelan's review against another edition
3.5
mais ça c'est que la forme, parce que le fond est vraiment bien, il est important. on a besoin d'autobiographies de personnes LGBT+, de personnes LGBT+ racisé.es, on a besoin d'entendre les histoires des personnes qui nous ont précédées.
et je pense -j'espère- que c'est un de ses livres qui aidera les + jeunes d'entre nous à se sentir vu.es et moins seul.es.
il est rempli d'emotions, mais surtout d'espoir, et l'espoir est si important dans la communauté LGBT+.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Police brutality, and Murder
dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Grief, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol
arrowsartsandbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Slavery and Transphobia
the_true_monroe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Deadnaming, Misogyny, Slavery, and Murder
lacey_wi's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Minor: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Colonisation
f18's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Racial slurs, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence
Minor: Cursing, Slavery, Terminal illness, Murder, and Outing
I would recommend reading the author's note on content warnings at the beginning of the book rather than or in addition to relying on storygraph. (It is the first page after the copyright so you can read it for free in the ebook preview).susannaobrien's review against another edition
4.5
The vulnerability with which All Boys Aren't Blue is written is moving and essential. It took me a couple of chapters to embrace the book as the writing style is more simplistic than I've been used to recently but from the Family chapters onwards I was captivated.
George M. Johnson's raw telling of his queer affirming yet imperfect Black family helps breakdown stereotypes of the Black community, and he takes care to describe powerful relationships with family members (like Nanny, his parents and Hope) and friends (like Kenny) that create a loving environment so often missing for queer young people.
He lays bare his sexual traumas and explorations, friendship gains and losses, and identity questions and certainties - many moments of which had me closing the book to better process his experiences. The simple yet raw writing should provide access to affirmation, acknowledgement and hope to future Black queer young people.
Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Racism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Medical content, and Grief