Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

16 reviews

meganders22's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing and Body shaming

katiearcher's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

The Honeys is a beautifully horrifying mystery. Every time I thought I had it figured out it went a different way. I loved the writing, the characters, the premise, and the audio I was one of the best I’ve ever listened too. Very unique!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Hate crime, and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

esme_may's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Beautifully written and unbelievably visceral. I just wish it had been a little shorter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death of parent, and Rape

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Everyone’s always talking about creepy sentient fungi but now I only want creepy sentient bees and aspen trees. 

This book is real good. I could not put it down and was audibly gasping towards the end. Fantastic characters, ✨immaculate✨vibes (it’s giving Midsommar), and honestly a lot scarier than most of the adult horror I read. This story will stick with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, Cancer, Body horror, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, Classism, and Cursing

Minor: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Confinement, Medical content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

kweis's review

dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Hate crime

brianna_moye's review

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Hate crime

cryptidstar's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I found myself thinking about this book every time I wasn’t reading it. I loved Mars and the whole summer camp atmosphere. I’m starting to get really invested in the trans horror subgenre. The last 100 pages were a wild ride and every time I thought I knew how it was going to end something else happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Grief, Death, Body horror, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

marigoldgem's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

Highly recommend the audiobook! It was so fun hearing the background as the narrator read and the story kept me excited for more twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime

the_first_lines's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Cannibalism, Homophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cjreadstoomuch's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Gore, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, Misogyny, Cannibalism, and Deadnaming