Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

14 reviews

morgue666's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

"I'm not hurting people," Mimi pouts.
"I'm hurting boys."
Bria, to her credit, throws me a sideways glance and asks, "What are your pronouns again?"
"Uh..." My throat still feels raw from being choked within an inch of my life. "I'm cool with really anything. I'm fluid."

This part absolutely cracked me up. I really enjoyed this a lot more than i thought I would! As a nonbinary person it was so nice to read something from the point of view of another genderqueer person! Would’ve loved a bit more horror in it but I really loved the book as a whole. The ending has devastated me though,

Mars already lost their whole family and they couldn't just have a happier ending with Wyatt at the end? 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Suicide, Cancer, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Hate crime

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Murder, Body horror, Sexism, Gaslighting, Blood, Homophobia, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

kh_xion's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Body horror, Child abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cancer, Dysphoria, and Fire/Fire injury

northernplunder's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Missing your weekly dose of Yellowjackets? Read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Body horror, Dysphoria, Bullying, Transphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Cannibalism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

marigoldgem's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Highly recommend the audiobook! It was so fun hearing the background as the narrator read and the story kept me excited for more twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime

melliedm's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

A perfectly serviceable surreal mystery with a solid concept, but the pacing of the novel and its climactic reveals were not done any favours by the bland and predictable characters making up the cast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Bullying, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Body horror, Sexism, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Classism, Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment

solenekeleroux's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Blood, Violence, Bullying, Death, Gore, Body horror, Transphobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Confinement

Minor: Dysphoria, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

blacksphinx's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked this book up on a whim at my library and it surprised me. It has the most arresting opening to a novel I've read this year - even when the plot really slowed down in the middle, I kept reading because I had to hear an explanation for the explosive opening pages. On the negative side there's also also a particular character relationship that kinds of drops off abruptly that I didn't like, but there's a great twist towards the end that makes the whole book worth the ride. Mars is also just a fun protagonist to hang out with.

I love how the first 3/4th of the book is like "the horror is transphobia" and then the last 1/4th goes "PSYCH, the real horror has been capitalism all along!"

 

Please note that protagonist faces a lot of transphobia throughout the story. Often, I found the constant transphobia to be more horrific than the actual spooky horror elements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Transphobia, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Murder, Dysphoria, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Cancer

huckleberryrk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Hot damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Child death, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent

witchythey's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

a gripping story from the beginning. nothing makes sense until it does. the twists kept me turning pages. as a trans person i can see the continual discussion of gender getting annoying and over explained at times, but gendered environments like camp are literally just like that sometimes, making the tension and exposition necessary. other than that i thought this book was a great read! i enjoyed the lyrical qualities it had at times, and the plot was nothing short of phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault