Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

406 reviews

alex_bousquet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

3.25

Lilly needed some therapy before just getting surgery. She needed to be honest with everyone around her about who she truly is. Asher needs to get his anger in control before he actually does hurt someone like his father. Did get a bit too preachy and controversial as the story went on 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Self harm, Body shaming, Bullying, Transphobia, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

bendercath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

This whole review will be a spoiler.

Wow. This book blew me away and has me not being able to stop thinking about it. I could not stop listening (audio book was excellent, btw!) and it kind of took over my days. I love when that happens … especially after being in a bit of a reading slump. I did not know anything about this book. I also love that. The moment when the coroner announced that Lilly was transgendered was a complete shock to me. It was surprising and was done so very well.  I really appreciated how this was handled and how I learned a lot … even as an ally to a few trans people, I learned new things and felt that the information seemed accurate and authentic.

The plot twist that Maya killed Lilly was NOT what I expected and I did not love that at all. I kind of hated it, in fact.  I kept waiting for the fathers to be held accountable! I was SURE that Lilly’s father was the murderer and I was so deeply disappointed that he did not come back to be served justice. Also, where was Braden at the end? I was grateful not to see more of him than we already did, but I could not believe that he would have been more involved all along the way.

I enjoyed the references to the bees but at times, it did feel a bit forced and somewhat overdone. And I wanted Olivia and Mike to hook up … but that plot line didn’t get a ton of careful attention.

Truly a well-written book. For the most part, the pacing was masterful. It dragged at a few points during the trial … but then again: that is real.

Thank you to both authors for this impressive work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

kellyfacee's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

3y3z0ny0u's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

I'm glad I went into this novel completely unaware of the plot. I ripped through it in a night, it was very compelling! Very interesting that one characters story was told backwards while the plot of the book moved forwards. A unique touch that helped contextualize the whole novel. Time to read more Jennifer Finney Boylan! As always, love how Picoult navigates and personalizes hot button issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Murder

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

this was an amazing novel of love, bees and a lot of bee facts, trans voices and I was simply blown away by the end. and definitely crying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

sav_j's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

erin819's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

kades26's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Outing, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Deadnaming, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Mental illness

squarahreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

can’t decide on a rating for this one!! not sure how I feel about the story and why it was told in the way it was told... a lot going on. too much about the bees for my personal taste lol as much as I love honey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Transphobia

juliemariesmith3's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Outing