Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

29 reviews

bibliograflieg's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Death, Suicide attempt, Outing, Medical content, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, and Hate crime

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

katcass's review against another edition

emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Death

giraffefightinggravity's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Opportunity missed at the end:

When Olivia gives Lily's mom honey, she should have told her it came from a queen bee they'd named after her daughter. It was a perfect setup.

I generally liked it, but

they were painting Asher as abusive for most of the book. Did he actually grab Lily hard enough to bruise her, or were those parts being written misleadingly? Obviously he didn't kill her either way, but I feel like they did all this setup of "Asher is also abusive" and then 'oh never mind.' ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Murder

crdostaler's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Self harm and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion and Alcoholism

hayleyw's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Blood, Sexism, Alcohol, Death, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

lvosler21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Gaslighting, Self harm, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Deadnaming, Child death, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

sholtie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Outing, Deadnaming, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism

professorfrog's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

She set out what she meant to do, and I enjoyed (and cried over) every part!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism

cwalden's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? No

4.0

This was incredibly emotional, and covers a lot of important insights into the trans experience. Rating is just for the ending and parallel murder mystery storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Murder, Transphobia, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Outing