Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

13 reviews

bree317's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

jjha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, and Outing

robin_b_93's review against another edition

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

I read this book without knowing anything about the content based on a TikTok review. I regret that I did not read the content warnings before hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Abortion

kelseyreads94's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-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

3.5

When I started reading this I was confused, having been a Jodi Picoult fan for years, because it seemed to so closely parallel The Pact. I actually thought she wrote a book piggy backing an already successful novel. Anyway- it grew on me and has pieces so unexpected I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Abortion and Sexual harassment

amesnotamy'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

kcbas1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

ahsinggie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad 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? Yes

3.5

There’s such a powerful beauty in the plot and format of story telling. Character to character POV is not new but there was something so experimental about having two strong authors collaborate on a piece together, bringing together this really significant representation and hope for women’s and LGBTQ+ issues. 

The  rating however, comes from this deep sense of frustration with the formatting, I struggled to follow from Lily to Olivia, sometimes getting so sidelined

by the ‘fun facts’ so characterised by each of their obsessive natures over their hobbies/livelihoods. Domestic abuse and murders of trans persons are very real issues and in reality, most often do not get closure. But I found myself grasping at any and all signs of Asher’s thoughts and emotions, Braden’s disappearance/infidelity, and Ava’s departure from the town. I just wanted TO KNOW. I didn’t even find Mike and Liv’s relationship particularly plot adding. Maybe just slightly soothing to the fact that it all will work out in the end. I knew Maya was iffy from the start.

AND

OMG the court proceedings were such a pain to read through. The jury system pisses me off. Asher closing up the treehouse also did not quite feel like the right closure for a traumatic experience such as being trialed for murder that you did not commit and having your whole world and social circle turn on you overnight.  

It’s a good book, but I struggled to achieve personal satisfice from the long winding format. But I did learn quite a lot more about honey and the trans experience. I did think the book does encourage that live can start over all the time, with will and determination. For love, for career, for education, for death, and more.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Murder

wackly93's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

I didn't know anything about this book besides that it was by one of my favorite authors.   I'm glad I didn't because it made the story more surprising and exciting.   I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

rachelmerrie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

So so so so so necessary.

Hated part of the ending: (VAGUE SPOILER)
Why did she get a slap on the wrist when he would’ve had his whole life taken from him? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail