Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

29 reviews

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Dementia and Abortion

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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

cortnereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Tiffany Jackson is now an auto buy author for me. 4.5 stars. 

This book was incredible. I read it in 2 hour increments each day. I couldn’t put it down. 

Mary allegedly murdered a 3-month old baby named Alyssa Richardson when she was 9. She ends up going to “baby jail” and then a group home with other girls like her. 

That’s all I have to say. Read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

penguininabluebox's review against another edition

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, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

thrillofthepage's review against another edition

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, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

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

noreadingdegree's review against another edition

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, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

raivyn's review against another edition

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 abuse, Child death, Cursing, and Violence

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

Minor: Homophobia

simonlorden's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Vomit