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Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

53 reviews

bookishfaye's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

This is one of those books that feels too personal and real to give any sort of rating too; it simply transcends that. This book will stay with me forever, & has absolutely split me in two, while being a strange comfort simultaneously. If you are going to pick this up, know it represents highly triggering content to the extremes constantly, and is in no way shape or form an “easy,” or “light” read. It’s tough as nails, just like Betty 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Racism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexism, Self harm, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs

annejupena's review against another edition

I had to DNF this because some of the things described were just too horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Suicide attempt

The horrific and explicitly detailed murder of the cat and her kittens sent me over the edge to DNF this book

kylieseagroves's review

5.0

I’m pretty certain this is the greatest book I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Incest, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

a_dot_phil's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Absolutely not. How is this book rated so high? Trauma after trauma with every single trigger warning imaginable.  I started skimming after

the cat and kitten chapter bc what the actual fvck. The animal abuse added absolutely nothing to the plot.

I have no idea what the message or purpose of this books was, and I regret finishing it.  Two stars because of Landon and some of the Cherokee messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Child death, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Hate crime, and Suicide

apotofhoney's review against another edition

challenging 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: Incest, Animal death, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Grief, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

sab3467's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.5

Trigger warnings for this book include pretty much everything (sexual abuse, pedophilia, animal abuse, racism, incest)

I have a hard time with reviewing this book, as I thought it was so beautifully written and couldn't really put it down. I was captivated by the environment, the family bond between Betty and her father and between most of the siblings. Some themes were interesting to mix in this story, but some seemed a bit far fetched... and way too violent and graphic. Unfortunately, there is no trigger warning and after a while, I almost felt sick reading it. I felt the repercussion of this book for days after, feeling like I had been through these traumatic experiences myself, which I could've lived without.

Also, to me it felt like the characters were missing some ambiguity. The "bad" ones were demonized, while Betty felt always morally correct, perfectly stable and reacted to everything around her with grace, poise and innocence. It felt a bit too black and white, which took me out of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Mental illness, Torture, Self harm, and Pregnancy

kdipreta421's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This was an amazing read. Tugged on my heart strings for sure! The author does a great job of making you love Betty’s father and *most* of her siblings. Betty is a strong girl with a fierce love inside her for those she cares about. Highly recommend this read if you want something that makes you mad, sad, sometimes nostalgic, and sometimes laugh! I listened to it and the narrator is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Child death

lizziaha's review against another edition

sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow this one hurt. I relate a lot to Betty and her dad is the most lovely character. The writing was beautiful and I feel like McDaniels was able to take those heavy heavy topics and weave a tragically honest story around them. What I didn’t realize when I started the book was that this was a story about women and how the world beats down on us for all our lives. And how we all fight back in our own ways. The way that McDaniels dipped into that well of sadness again and again made this book an emotional read for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Incest, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, Child death, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Hate crime, Violence, Sexism, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

chellemerrill's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gun violence, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Blood, Grief, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Classism, Incest, and Racism

sophcarter19's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Classism, Child abuse, Incest, and Bullying