Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

136 reviews

lyfeinpr0gress's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Child death and Child abuse

kaerene's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Tiffany D. Jackson’s books never fail to leave me speechless at the end. All that is going through my head as I try to type out this review is “Oh. Wow.” 

Tiffany does an amazing job of taking hard hitting topics such as juvenile detention centers, group homes, foster homes, teen pregnancy, mental illness and other social justice issues (just to name a few in this book) and she weaves it into a story that is not only deep and compelling but has twists and turns with every chapter that you just don’t see coming. And specifically with Allegedly, she does an amazing job with the unreliable narrator which is not my favorite character trope/POV in books. The way she weaves the plot with what we’re learning and seeing through the main character’s (flawed) eyes and choices that they make, never fails to amaze me and I’m so sad to have finished all of the books she has written as of now (that I currently know of). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

jayreads00's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

zolife's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. That’s really all I can say about this book. As a romantasy, romance, and thriller reader I picked this book up on a recommendation and boy am I glad I did. I thought I knew exactly what I was getting into but…just read it! Pay attention to trigger warnings! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Vomit

This is a heavy read but a very transformative experience.

morgie27's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a good read. Definitely had plot twists that I didn't see coming. I added more of Tiffany's books to my TBR.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

ashleytalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I devoured this book and couldn’t put it down. I love the story being told from the viewpoint from an unreliable narrator, especially when it concerns events when she was just a baby herself.

I especially love the reveal that she actually did give the baby her pills to try to get her to stop crying. Because on on one hand, she definitely didn’t fully get it when she was nine, on the other hand the way she talks about it now says she still doesn’t get it and the thought of her raising a baby is concerning at best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

rin_kate_katie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

aly97's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Drug use

Minor: Abortion

mikaelawritesfic's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Blood, Violence, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Homophobia

krisc1989's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Abandonment, and Infidelity