Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

11 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Gore, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Ableism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

jasperkelley2015's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A wonderful book. At times I felt myself struggling to stay engaged. But I really enjoyed the ending. It had enough horror elements to be considered a horror book. But it was more scary/creepy I felt. And I was really happy that gender had nothing to do with the horror elements. I do hope to place this on my "to read again" pile and hopefully I'll catch more the next time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Suicide, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

fjalar's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness

thatbookmarkbabe's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I'm not generally one who reaches for YA often, and I'm often disappointed when I do... But The Honeys is just as strange and captivating as its cover. A slow burn that keeps you turning pages - deliciously weird, queer fun. I'll keep it short and sweet and say pick this one up for The Last Time I Lied x Bunny x Mexican Gothic vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Bullying, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Sexism, Cancer, Child death, Gore, Death, Dysphoria, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

hschlecht's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Transphobia, Murder, Child death, Death, Body shaming, Bullying, Kidnapping, Outing, Terminal illness, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

esme_may's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Beautifully written and unbelievably visceral. I just wish it had been a little shorter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death of parent, and Rape

tinytrashqueen's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

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

aexileigh's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexism, Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Drug use, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, and Confinement

ashleyalyse's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Deadnaming, Confinement, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Murder