Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

124 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

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

abbymac's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Abortion

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

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

lucygibbons22's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Suicide, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

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

amandalachelle's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Cursing, Child death, Death, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Mass/school shootings

emzconklin's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

Sweet, poignant, gripping. I found this book much more compelling than I expected. Definitely would recommend. Beautifully written and many bee facts, which I loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Transphobia

Minor: Abortion

sjbryson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Abortion, and Child abuse