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Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

11 reviews

jasminealizae's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Disappointing, but on par for this author. The amount of unnecessary trauma/drama thrown into this story left a bad taste in my mouth towards all Tiffany D. Jackson books. 

How much can I witness one character be dragged through before I can no longer suspend disbelief? 

Seems like she just enjoys torturing her characters. 

The amount of colorism, racism, fat shaming, ableism, false 'mental health' representation, abuse, mentions of rape and molestation, inappropriate sexual relationships, stereotypes, and just downright torture for shock value that took place in this book - disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

tmcphetridge4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

(Starting off by saying this is NOT my chosen genre, I am being asked to read this book for a course I am helping to teach.)
Nope. This book 100% is not for me. Pretty much from the jump I was disturbed by the content of the book and I did not like how this one was written. I can see how people view it as a stunning debut, but because it is not the type of genre that I like to read, it was a slog to get through. Utterly violent, abusive, abhorrent behavior from just about every party involved. There were multiple times that I had to turn down the volume because I could not stand the content I was listening to. Especially having read Grown first, I thought that the plot twist at the end was cheap. Again, makes you rethink the whole book, which isn't the worst tactic but I don't think it was necessary. 
This all being said, I think it opens an interesting conversations on cycles of abuse/trauma and generational trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

lana72905's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Gaslighting, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

Changed my rating and review entirely bc sitting on the ending, even though it wasn't entirely to my liking bc I didn't think the book was gonna have it, is that what makes TDJ's writing so entrancing to me is that it always has a tantalizing social/psychological horror undertone and how she weaves one sentence after another to make that slowly settle on your head is so masterful. For some reason, I was so into how I was spoiled the plot twist and how I was wanting a different outcome for Mary, that my initial reaction was to find the ending erratic as hell that I wasn’t appreciating the horror aspect of it. When viewed that way, the ending is unsettling and gloomy and compliments the story instead of cheapening it, though I'm still not entirely convinced about it and Marisol vs Mary spat left me a weird aftertaste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

emhicks72's review

dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Physical abuse

aprilbethp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Grief

on_your_raedar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The way I loved every second of this book. No spoilers but I actually really loved the ending. Seems to be a heated topic in the reviews but it really worked for me. This is the 3rd book I’ve read by TDJ and she is officially a read without question author of mine. Do be mindful of trigger warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Child death, Bullying, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Sexual harassment

brittanyisbooked's review

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion and Mental illness

briana7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

kamzan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness