Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

167 reviews

londeen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Misogyny, Dysphoria, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Deadnaming, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

mamareadstuff's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

First 5 star read of the year. I couldn't put it down. I had so many theories. I didn't know what I was getting into. I loved this. So much. I did hope for a slightly different ending, but we can't win them all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Outing, Self harm, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Deadnaming, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Medical content

corndogqueeen's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Honestly my rating for this book kept changing throughout. First of all: they said "we came up here to do bongs." I'm sorry? Come again? Some things were too on the nose for my preferences, but given the subject matter I appreciated the care and detail. I feel like this truly could have opened several people's perspectives who may not have had the inclination to explore some things without this book. Idk how to word without spoiling or maybe it wasn't a spoiler I don't really read the descriptions of books sometimes if I've seen people I know read them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Outing, Transphobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Deadnaming, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Violence

cwalden's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was incredibly emotional, and covers a lot of important insights into the trans experience. Rating is just for the ending and parallel murder mystery storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Murder, Transphobia, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Outing

morganegrant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Violence, Bullying, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Grief, Outing, Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, and Murder

Minor: Abortion

se3robertson's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide

marisam104's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying

bek_p87's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

What made this book so compelling is that I genuinely didn't know how it would end. It was devastatingly sad, with a dash of hope. Make sure you check trigger warnings before diving into this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Transphobia, Death, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

snrez24's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Transphobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion