Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

165 reviews

robin_b_93's review against another edition

• 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

I read this book without knowing anything about the content based on a TikTok review. I regret that I did not read the content warnings before hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Transphobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion

sreilly1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Outing, Self harm, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Hate crime, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Grief, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, and Domestic abuse

rallehose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Sexual content, Violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Deadnaming, Misogyny, Bullying, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent and Animal death

libbylou1201'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Read this because of a tiktok I saw that mentioned it as a book with

a trans character

. Was also hesitant by it being a Jodi Picoult but gave it a try and IM SO GLAD I DID. The book was suspenseful and intriguing and left you thinking and wondering and guessing what was to come. But it also never left me anxious and nervous so a real win.

One thing to add is that it was funny to discover at the beginning that this was set in New Hampshire and then to easily be able to contextualize the geographic area they were in. But I was taken aback by the audiobook narrator’s mispronunciation of Concord and also by a few random tidbits through that were just not true or not real about nh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse

beetsbydwight's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Murder, and Child abuse

bethtriesreading's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Blood, Transphobia, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse

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

katie_killebrew's review against another edition

emotional 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

Great read! I flew through this book (completely forgetting until the end that it was co-written, it’s so cohesive). This will make for an excellent book club pick but, beware, trigger warnings abound. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

habeels's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

anarmandameg's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Self harm, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Outing, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Transphobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Transphobia, Sexual content, Sexism, Confinement, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Outing, Cursing, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion, Confinement, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Deadnaming, and Animal death