Reviews

On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel

toffeebox's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Didn't have the same sort of magic as Betty did. 

While this book did a fantastic job of the negative themes: drug use, rape, prostitution, violence, family neglect, addiction, it was stiflingly sad all the way through. Positive sides are developed very limitedly - unlike betty, where you had the father, and a few good brothers to give a form of "breathing space" - the sisterhood was superficial at best, despite having a big motif of the Chillicothe sisters.

Nevertheless, the writings and lyricism were fantastic and the plot twist

The bit where the murderer was shifted from a human to addiction.

  really brought it together. 

marshall263's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

mcfessie's review against another edition

4.75

A bit of a gut punch book, really well written and felt like an authentic take on some really hard topics. As someone who hates spiders some of the pages were a challenge to navigate 😅

itsredandread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Murder and Child death

antiintellectual's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

It feels wrong to rate this anything less than 5 stars. It's devastating and real. I mourn for my sisters. 

haileylm's review against another edition

3.75

this was a good book, and i do think i’d enjoy to read more of this author, but it was hard to get through because it was so sad. the poor women in this novel had to face so much brutality that at a point, i was almost numb to it. definitely couldn’t read too much of this in one sitting. a heartbreaking portrayal of addiction

kate_cunningham's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

niamhaine's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

ohhek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

louisahr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

4.25