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Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

192 reviews

beckslovesbooks's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

calliecachat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

I read this for book club. It was not at all what I was expecting. I found the ending rushed, lackluster, and hard to believe. I did really enjoy the structure of the story in the way it is told between multiple perspectives and varies in the timeline. 

Lily’s story reminded me so much of Amanda’s story in Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl. I think it did a good job of informing the reader about transgender people. It was, similar to Russo’s work, a story of a girl whose experience transitioning, medically speaking, was ideal so that she was able to “pass” easily in the eyes of others. I did appreciate Elizabeth’s remark that meeting one trans person means “meeting only one trans person” to highlight that not every experience is like Lily’s. That being said, I found Olivia’s conversation with Elizabeth to be superficial and forced for the sake of answer readers’ potential question's.

 

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Content Warnings

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

jenijenocide's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

shelovedtoread's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Child death, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

bookwormcat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Deadnaming, Outing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

hayleyw's review

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

readersmultiverse's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Mad Honey was an incredibly powerful and emotional story with great depth. The mystery aspect kept me on the edge of my seat and the characters are going to be difficult to forget. This was an important story & I loved the extra bits at the end as well (the authors’ notes and the honey recipes!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Outing, Domestic abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Medical content

jrow's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

3.75

Found the book boring until the trial revealed Lily was AMAB. I thought it was a clever way to surprise the reader with the knowledge, just like the court was discovering it. However, before that point reading the beginning was as easy as a walk through knee-deep mud.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Suicide attempt, Violence, Transphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood

makenziehyatt's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful and complex story with a plot that will keep you guessing. I couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder and Violence