Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

85 reviews

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

From the start this book was absolutely incredible. I loved the multiple pov as I feel like it really added to the story, and gave more depth and perspective to the events. This book offered a look into the world of privilege and what it means to be who you truly are. I really enjoyed learning more about bee keeping and honey production, as it wasn’t a topic I knew much about before! I also found the crime and court case elements to be very interesting, and it’s actually what made me pick this book up to begin with, and I’m so glad I did! 🐝🍯✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Homophobia, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

ssyme's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Grief, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Transphobia, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Medical content

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Wow. I came in not knowing at all what this book was about and I’m glad. The mystery surrounding a young girls death and if her boyfriend at the time did it. The perspectives of the mother of the boyfriend and the girl are so real. The authors note is very touching. If you’re an abolitionist like me though, the themes of police and Justice are a little hard to take. The ruining of multiple lives through the system at the end is rough so the conclusion was slightly disappointing to me. But still totally worth a read. One of the best books I’ve read in a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Murder, Self harm, Body shaming, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Outing, Transphobia, and Violence

thenycbookwhore69's review against another edition

4.5

This book was absolutely wow. I like going into my books with little to no background knowledge and this book was a journey like non other. I felt deeply for Lily and her past.

Her story was absolutely heartbreaking and really spoke heavily on the multiple issues those within the Trans community have to continuously face at the hands of bigotry.

Check those trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Grief, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

fanchera's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Gun violence, and Death

kades26's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Outing, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Deadnaming, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Mental illness

squarahreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

can’t decide on a rating for this one!! not sure how I feel about the story and why it was told in the way it was told... a lot going on. too much about the bees for my personal taste lol as much as I love honey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Transphobia

juliemariesmith3's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Outing

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Toxic relationship

rgs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Deadnaming, Violence, Sexual violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, Child death, Medical content, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship