Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

275 reviews

madisonlcollins0917's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Murder

kathrynshields's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The story started strong but meandered in a way that didn’t serve the plot or character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Self harm, Abortion, Outing

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

The story addresses transphobia and intimate partner violence at length, but does not promote either.

alexandramiller's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Learned an awful lot about bees

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Dysphoria

Minor: Infidelity, Mass/school shootings

jade_sanderson's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Murder

Minor: Child abuse

theverybookish's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Transphobia, Murder

sholtie's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism

londeen's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Dysphoria

chloeerushworth's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

cwalden's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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

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