Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

153 reviews

kvrapcu's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Abortion, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Self harm

hollzballz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Outing, Death, Deadnaming, Bullying, Self harm, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence

meganhunt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Deadnaming and Blood

ljtademy3's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.5

This book was such a whirlwind in the best way possible. I read this as an audiobook and it is definitely one of my longer reads this year but I didn’t even notice how long it was because I was so invested I just zipped right through it. So many moments I felt I was holding my breath. I really enjoyed the chapters detailing the court proceedings and felt that did a lot for the immersion.

The writing itself was not my favorite and I was able to predict the culprit of the thriller so those aspects got in the way of my experience with this book at times. However, you can tell this book is written with the purpose to educate which I can appreciate. The information was not new to me, so I didn’t leave this book feeling intensely impacted and reflective in the way I imagine the authors hoped readers would. Still, I would recommend this book to anyone for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Transphobia

Moderate: Outing, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Transphobia, Child death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Deadnaming, Outing, Bullying, and Hate crime

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

read it in one sitting, cried a couple of times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Child abuse, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Murder, Medical content, Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Outing, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

mega_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, and Outing

Minor: Abortion

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Check TWs. 

Amazing, powerful, thought provoking. I didn’t know where this was going until it was revealed, loved the characters and their development, and discussed important topics. I loved all the bee and honey facts. 

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Content Warnings

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

msnikkiwilks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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

I'm not sure what I expected when I started this book, but I can say I'm glad I didn't rush it and that I took the time to soak it up. 

This book was simultaneously heavy and light and beautifully done, bittersweet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Domestic abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Self harm, and Transphobia

kaitlanl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Outing, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Minor: Abortion