Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

38 reviews

northernplunder's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

amweber's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

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

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

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

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

Minor: Gore and Death of parent

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

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

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

itsalina's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

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

Minor: Sexual harassment

theinfinitebookcase's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

aexileigh's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

betweentheshelves's review

dark 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

4.0

Ooo what a twisty, surreal kind of horror book. You probably won't look at bees the same way after reading this one. This book takes so many twists and turns that it's impossibly hard to put down. I almost read it entirely in one sitting yesterday! I can see a lot of teens picking this up and really enjoying it.

In addition to the horror vibes, there are also a lot of explorations of gender and privilege, especiallly in a summer camp setting like this. There are a lot of different angles to look at this one from, and there is a bright future for Ryan La Sala!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Transphobia

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury