Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

25 reviews

penguininabluebox's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

thrillofthepage's review

challenging dark sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Racial slurs

noreadingdegree's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

this is my second work and audiobook from jackson and i am still thoroughly impressed. jackson does not hold back in her stories and at times can be difficult to read. it is hard to say that i "enjoyed" this, but jackson clearly has a gift for storytelling. this is an unflinching and disturbing look at motherhood, the US justice system's treatment of black children/teens, and mental health. i was engrossed from beginning to end with only minor qualms. although i felt that the ending was a smidge rushed, i felt that the ending was incredibly well done and a testament to jackson's skill at writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia and Fatphobia

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

raivyn's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

simonlorden's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

let's see how many trigger warnings I remember: child death, child abuse, attempted (?) child rape, racism, graphic animal death, teen pregnancy, graphic vomiting, probably other things I can't think of right now

This was a dark book. That's fine. I knew it was going to be a dark book. It was a solid 4 stars for me, up until the last chapter, which kinda ruined the whole thing for me. I couldn't really articulate the disgust and disappointment that came over me at that last chapter, but it just felt like the twist really cheapened the entire book and erased all the development before it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Bullying, and Cursing

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Vomit