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Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

33 reviews

dernhelms_bag's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

This is basically To Kill a Mockingbird but begging oblivious readers capable of human empathy to give a shit about trans people. I DO NOT recommend this to trans readers or anyone who already has trans people in their life they love and respect because this is intentionally deeply upsetting.  A trans woman and activist asked Picoult to write this with her to make an appeal to society to do something about the violence and persecution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kerriw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

In general, I really enjoyed this book. I appreciated the writing, mystery, and the education it provided on

the trans experience.

 

Overall, I learned things I didn’t know, and was intrigued as to how this story would play out. The fact that the author’s co wrote this without it seeming disjointed was amazing. And I love how Olivia‘s story moved forward in time, whereas Lily’s story moved backward in time, giving you hints and bits to provide further context. 

However, here are my issues with the book. There will be spoilers so just a heads up. 

1) The relationship that develops at the end of the book between Olivia and Mike made me roll my eyes. A woman who was previously a domestic abuse victim is gonna be in a relationship with a law enforcement officer?! An occupation that has a much higher rate of partner abuse?!? Come on. 

2) The fact that Lily was ill and could have simply fallen down the stairs should have been brought up earlier. Obviously no lawyer is perfect, but the fact that this renowned attorney didn’t even think of that as an option or to get a second opinion seems kinda silly. 

3) The revelation about Maya and the subsequent lack of charges seems a bit unrealistic. Even if Ava, the mother, didn’t want to press charges, it seems like the state would? Kinda weird but whatever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Medical content, Abortion, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual harassment

karyan1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment