Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

95 reviews

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, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

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

hschlecht's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, 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, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

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

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

stephanieswilley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Outing, and Alcohol

mollyb13's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking novel. I went into this without knowing exactly what it was about and this was so much more than the courtroom drama I first thought it was going to be. The authors blended their writing seamlessly and I enjoyed the alternating POVs. Highly highly recommend this to everyone (though please be mindful of the content warnings because some very heavy topics are discussed).

The only thing that I had a bit of trouble with was

that some of the passages explaining gender and transitioning and the experiences of transgender people felt a bit forced. These passages, while packed with important information, came off as an educational aside and really kind of jolted me out of the story. I wish that they would have worked this information into the plot more seamlessly. This feeding of information made more sense in the courtroom setting where it could be realistically explained to a jury, but otherwise felt almost like the authors were breaking the fourth wall. 

Despite this, I'm keeping my rating at 5 stars. I don't think it is enough to bring down what was otherwise a very powerful novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail