Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

37 reviews

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Police brutality, Child death, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

triggs4780's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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: Police brutality, Death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

booktalkwithrae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

I’m going to be honest that this was a surprisingly enjoyable read for me. I think this is perfect for anybody who would like a soft, horror book but nothing too crazy. As a person who doesn’t read horror, I really enjoy this one.

This book is essentially Carrie, but in today’s time, and with a black protagonist. The dynamic and relationships between the characters were really well done, the way the author retails a story that a lot of people know, but still makes it her own and interesting is really well done. The only gripe I had is I found the main male lead to start falling in “love” with the female protagonist a little too quickly.

I also really liked the podcast aspect of the story. It reminded me of Sadie by Courtney Summers and if you loved that book you’ll love this one. 

I highly recommend the audiobook. It has a full cast audio, and each narrator does a phenomenal job. It really added an extra layer to the story that was so easily consumable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Blood

borrowedbyaudrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Police brutality, Child death, Violence, Racism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Gun violence, Cursing, Confinement, and Sexism

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lormurenzi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Violence, Child death, Child abuse, and Racism

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

The Details:
Narrated by full cast
Unabridged 

A Carrie retelling, with a podcast narration style, focusing on racial identity and segregation. 

It was a nice suprise to have the podcast style as I wasn't expecting that and I've been enjoying the use of this tool or podcasts being a theme in my reads this year (e.g. Sadie).

Reminded me also of Anna dressed in blood as well as Carrie.

This was such a moving and distraught story of a young girl forced to suppress her nature (in multiple ways) under the cruelty of her father and the racist, segregated town she lives in. It felt so dated in the way the views of the white people held on the Black community and demonised them and the themes about equality in this day and age was painful and poignant.

Just when you hope Maddy can catch a break, all hell breaks lose at an awful happening of police brutality and that's when the Carrie retelling really shines. 

This was a fantastic character study and discussion of deep rooted hatred of the 'other' with well done supernatural elements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Bullying, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Cancer, Vomit, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Animal death

kindredspirit7's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

rebskill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, and Bullying