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Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

80 reviews

rebriley95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Really enjoyed this book. Took me awhile to get into it but once I got into it I could not put it down. I became obsessed with learning about Betty's life and cannot stop thinking about this book now that I am done. It is so sad and I can't believe all the secrets Betty has to keep and live with, but she is so strong and loveable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

teigancollins's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Racial slurs

hippiequeen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

annabelle42688's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book has every trigger warning you can imagine. I can't see myself recommending this book to anyone, but it's based on a true story and well written. I have to give five stars, but I'll never reread it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

laureen_lamzc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

ikbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

layton93's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

nwara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Wow reading this book was a fucking journey, it's extremely triggering and emotional but oh so well written, each sentence was poetry and each words so well chosen,I love this book so so much I would recommend it to anyone but don't forget to check the TW since this book deals with so much heavy topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

elyxir's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

susannaobrien's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

Beautifully written, completely gripping, absolutely heartbreaking.

Tiffany McDaniel has written characters who are all so different but richly developed. I loved the recurring theme of growing into womanhood and the accompanying feelings of losing control over your body, particularly in a patriarchal culture. The protective bonds of sisterhood were strongly portrayed, as was the importance of caring for and respecting the natural world around us. The way that each character uses storytelling was fascinating, whether to maintain their heritage, protect their family, inspire hope & self-belief, or even emotionally abuse. The way many of the family love and care for Lint was particularly moving, and although Betty experienced huge tragedies, it was powerful to see how she used her own internal resilience to get through them (as opposed to being "rescued" by a love interest).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Murder

Minor: Ableism