Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

88 reviews

finnmiles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

A beautifully written book with so much you can learn from it. The story telling was astounding and the education given about trans and nonbinary people is unlike another book I've read. It wraps love, grief, suspense, hope, loss, and learning all in one wonderful package. I would recommend this book to just about anyone I would meet. Be sure to take a look at content warnings as well. The book deals with many heavy topics, including but not limited to transphobia and domestic abuse. 

As soon as I learned Lily was trans, everything she had went through made so much sense to me. Reading this as a nonbinary person was so life changing in a way. Seeing the way trans people are spoken about and the education this book brings is something everyone needs to witness. I love Lily, I love the fight she put up to win her life back, and I will always think of her.

The biggest thank you to Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan for this collaboration. The world needs more humans like you and books like Mad Honey in it. I will absolutely be buying my own copy of it. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Grief, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

wackly93's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Self harm, Outing, Murder, Medical trauma, Hate crime, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy and Deadnaming

gracestg's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious tense 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this! Kept me coming back to find out what happened. Thought the timeline jumping got confusing, but loved dual perspectives. I just really liked Lily and Olivia and rooted for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, and Transphobia

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence

hschlecht's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

bnelson13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Well I don't know what I was expecting from this book, but it wasn't THAT. Absolutely amazing read, several plot twists that I DID NOT see coming, although the ending I kind of did. Definitely an engaging read, and I'm super excited that there are actual recipes at the end of the story for the ones that were mentioned IN the story itself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Outing, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Abortion, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Violence

angela_mayer's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Death, Bullying, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thebabybookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. I love most JP books. I appreciate how well written the character arcs were and how the twists and turns were spaced throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

4.25 because of timeline confusion. I recommend going in totally blind, if you can. If you want to check triggers SG has them! I had a complicated relationship with Jodi Piccoult after some of the books I read in college, but as I grew so did she - this was so refreshing and sad and mysterious. Def move this up on your list! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Transphobia, Death, Self harm, Child death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

nikki6489's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Grief, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, and Transphobia