Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

21 reviews

queerreaderchaos's review

dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Murder, Misogyny, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Cancer

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Child death

thatgirlcrystal's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Death, Blood, Violence, Body horror, Cancer, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

hschlecht's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Transphobia, Murder, Child death, Death, Body shaming, Bullying, Kidnapping, Outing, Terminal illness, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

xandraj's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

bashsbooks's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

THE HONEYS IS INCREDIBLE! It has so much to say about gender roles and tradition, about grief and emotional distance, about nature and its connectivity. It is also surreal and terrifying and fascinating. Love a book at leaves you with more questions than answers. I've never read anything quite like it before. CANNOT recommend highly enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Cannibalism, Classism, and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Gore

BEES. Explicit descriptions of them around people, the sounds of their buzzing, them crawling on skin/into ears, and lots of bee stings.

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

emmhardt's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I went into this book knowing nothing except that I love Ryan's writing. Jumping in cold was a joy and a step that made me feel like I was completely at the same level of understanding as Mars. In reading, I found myself worried about Mars sanity, the reality of their world at Aspen, the motivations of the Honeys. I am in awe of the intricate world created in this summer camp, a world mired in long standing traditions and patriarchal values. In a place where the motto is understood to be "we protect our own", a small corner broke free to protect the new and vulnerable. I will happily recommend this to other people looking for a supernatural mystery unlike anything I've seen before.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Deadnaming, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Transphobia, Misogyny, Death, Homophobia, Cancer, and Body horror

melliedm's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

A perfectly serviceable surreal mystery with a solid concept, but the pacing of the novel and its climactic reveals were not done any favours by the bland and predictable characters making up the cast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Bullying, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Body horror, Sexism, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Classism, Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. This is for the lovers of Midsommar, Jawbreaker, and the pastel dreaminess of your favorite spooky Sofia Coppola movies. This book is not for those who want their horror to hit quickly and intensely - it is a slow build and the truly horrific elements don’t really become present until later on in the book. But if you grow to love the characters, the setting, and the mystery of it all you should stick with it through to the end. This book is a great read on the topics of grief, family expectations, queerness, and nature while also being a fun horrific romp that I could see making for a great tv series one day as well. I look forward to reading more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Body horror, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence