Mad Honey in On The Same Page

Mar 26, 2023 Kim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

5 STARS

Wow! This book definitely vaulted me out of a reading slump! I read it in two days - one of my favorite ways to spend a weekend!

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May 31, 2023 Robin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

this was a book club pick and not my first read by this author, though it was co-written with another author i am not familiar with. sometimes that causes issues, but i felt that this book was well-written and not totally obvious that it was written by more than one person. told from two different perspectives, the mother (in the present) and girlfriend (in the past) of one of the main characters, whose future was threatened by a horrible accident. a lot of my thoughts are kind of spoilery, so i this was a book club pick and not my first read by this author, though it was co-written with another author i am not familiar with. sometimes that causes issues, but i felt that this book was well-written and not totally obvious that it was written by more than one person. told from two different perspectives, the mother (in the present) and girlfriend (in the past) of one of the main characters, whose future was threatened by a horrible accident. a lot of my thoughts are kind of spoilery, so i will cut from here-on: (view spoiler)

overall, this was a pretty good story. it had enough going that the entire story wasnt so obvious too quickly. like i said i didnt see a major twist coming at all, and i also learned way more about bee colonization and honey than i ever thought i would, but it was actually described in an interesting enough way that i actually wanted to know. there are a few controversial topics that are part of the book's storylines, and those definitely made for some very interesting conversation during the book club meeting. while some of us had some different opinions, consensus was that most of us liked it enough to recommend it. ...more

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Apr 08, 2023 Nanci rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, mystery, romance, contemporary, book-group-worthy, uno-2023, turf-wars-great-lakes-2023, wheel2023

I know many people have mixed feelings about Jodi Picoult. Maybe it's envy, maybe it's because she gets published so often, maybe it's because she takes current hot topic matters and brings them to the forefront. For me, she's just a writer who rarely disappoints. She's not afraid to step out and sometimes take the less popular point of view on controversial topics. This book to me was another winner. Did I figure some things out before they were revealed? Yes. Would I have liked for the ending ...more

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