Honey
A Novel
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Honey
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Imani Thompson
About this listen
She just wants to know what justice feels like.
Yrsa is bored: bored with her PhD program, her entitled students, and the never-ending pages of racial violence and feminist theory she has to read. But most of all, she’s bored with the men in her life—especially the bad ones.
And then, one sunny afternoon, she accidentally kills one.
Suddenly a problematic professor is dead, and Yrsa, well—she’s no longer bored.
Emboldened, she starts to chase the high, and soon no misbehaving sexist man within commuting distance is safe.
Finally Yrsa’s academic research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? And how long until her actions—and buried family secrets—come back to unravel her?
Critic reviews
“Honey is a potent and addicting rollercoaster of a read. I’m awed at how deftly Imani Thompson puts sex, blood, and rage on the page. A worryingly relatable, deliciously dark debut—Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed.”—Sophie Duker, Comedian and Writer
“A hugely talented writer examining power dynamics in various facets of society, the concept of ‘justice’ and to whom it belongs; this is a story about the uniquely complex and frustrating intersection of race, gender, and class. . . . A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages, makes you laugh, makes you angry, and makes you want to learn in equal measure . . . [Honey] should be studied, as should Imani Thompson’s brain, incredible thing that it is!”—Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us
“Crackling with energy and wit but also tension and pathos, too . . . the writing is brilliant—a one-sit read.”—Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
“Phenomenal. The voice is utterly singular, the writing is stunning, and it’s just so clever and sharp. . . . Promising Young Women (except it didn’t pull any punches) with a touch of Such a Fun Age and Never Saw Me Coming.”—Louise O’Neill, author of Asking For It
“Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever . . . Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for—very few of us could fail to understand her righteous anger, if not her measures.”—Silvia Saunders, author of Homesick
“A hugely talented writer examining power dynamics in various facets of society, the concept of ‘justice’ and to whom it belongs; this is a story about the uniquely complex and frustrating intersection of race, gender, and class. . . . A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages, makes you laugh, makes you angry, and makes you want to learn in equal measure . . . [Honey] should be studied, as should Imani Thompson’s brain, incredible thing that it is!”—Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us
“Crackling with energy and wit but also tension and pathos, too . . . the writing is brilliant—a one-sit read.”—Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
“Phenomenal. The voice is utterly singular, the writing is stunning, and it’s just so clever and sharp. . . . Promising Young Women (except it didn’t pull any punches) with a touch of Such a Fun Age and Never Saw Me Coming.”—Louise O’Neill, author of Asking For It
“Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever . . . Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for—very few of us could fail to understand her righteous anger, if not her measures.”—Silvia Saunders, author of Homesick
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