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lost_luna's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-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? Yes
5.0
This book has broken me repeatedly
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, Rape, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual content, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, and Cursing
Moderate: Self harm
aghoststory's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I was not ready for this new Tiffany McDaniel’s book, ya’ll. It completely wrecked me.
ON THE SAVAGE SIDE is the second novel I’ve had the honor of reading before it hit shelves and I think it is my favorite. It is inspired on an unsolved murder case of the Chillicothe Six - six women who went missing in the rural town of Chillicothe, Ohio between the spring of 2014 and summer of 2015. Following twin sisters, Arcade and Daffodil, ON THE SAVAGE SIDE weaves the story of the two sisters as they navigate friendship, generational trauma, poverty, drug abuse, and sex work.
I feel like I can’t truly do it justice talking about this work because it is so layered. I think it's really about many different things that are adjacent to the lives of the sisters. McDaniel is a master storyteller. Her work is thoughtful and gut wrenching in the most satisfying of ways. Everything falls into place in ways that are unexpected. Her lyrical prose is stellar and truly her own.
This a heavy read that is full of darkness lurking in every corner, but there is also beauty and hope. There is so much respect and love in the writing of the Chillicothe Queens, the young women who find themselves forever intertwined with the twins and us, the readers, too.
On THE SAVAGE SIDE is beautiful, haunting, and a stunning tribute to the forgotten. You’ll never forget it.
ON THE SAVAGE SIDE is the second novel I’ve had the honor of reading before it hit shelves and I think it is my favorite. It is inspired on an unsolved murder case of the Chillicothe Six - six women who went missing in the rural town of Chillicothe, Ohio between the spring of 2014 and summer of 2015. Following twin sisters, Arcade and Daffodil, ON THE SAVAGE SIDE weaves the story of the two sisters as they navigate friendship, generational trauma, poverty, drug abuse, and sex work.
I feel like I can’t truly do it justice talking about this work because it is so layered. I think it's really about many different things that are adjacent to the lives of the sisters. McDaniel is a master storyteller. Her work is thoughtful and gut wrenching in the most satisfying of ways. Everything falls into place in ways that are unexpected. Her lyrical prose is stellar and truly her own.
This a heavy read that is full of darkness lurking in every corner, but there is also beauty and hope. There is so much respect and love in the writing of the Chillicothe Queens, the young women who find themselves forever intertwined with the twins and us, the readers, too.
On THE SAVAGE SIDE is beautiful, haunting, and a stunning tribute to the forgotten. You’ll never forget it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse
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