Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

32 reviews

dazzlingreader_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

GREAT, GORY, ABSOLUTLY AMAZING!! Great book, the story embraces you and makes everything so real to the point you can feel and see all the things that are being described in the most realistic way. 
Its the type of book you read and think "This should be turned into a movie ASAP"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

tamika_j's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is a reminder of the movie Carrie but this is truly real life segregation, bullying and racism. A small town that hides its secrets from the wide larger population of the world and the rest of America. A small town that still wants to believe there world is based on whiteness and oppression. Being black in this town means you have to be good at sports or corporate white supremacy. 

Maddie was a girl who had a heart but was never accepted because of her race and home life, her father history of abuse caused him to raise Maddie and keep her hiding as he seen fit as a black country man. 

Be prepared for pain and revenge you want on so many people in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Colonisation, Racism, Violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Death

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racism, Animal death, Body horror, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Vomit

kelsokake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

holy shit, just the way this starts; Jackson is an absolute master at setting the scene and showing what’s at stake. i’m not even 15 pages in and i’m stressing. this is gonna be so good. 

i don’t even really care about it being a carrie retelling (and that’s why i wanted to read this in the first place); i’m incredibly invested to see what all is gonna happen. 

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i absolutely devoured this book. even knowing how it was going to end didn’t make me want to put it down. the way it explores race in a small town is phenomenal. the way the students talk to each other felt so real and so did all of the outbursts and arguments. i didn’t find myself rolling my eyes at all. i loved reading this and can’t wait to explore more by this author. 
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Kenny exemplifies the struggle to find the balance between being true to yourself and feeling accepted by your (white) peers. 

Wendy (Kenny’s gf) may not fully believe the racist things all of the people around her (especially Jules) say/do, but she’s defo not an ally.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexism, Blood, Death, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

imanin10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Police brutality, Cancer, Death of parent, Bullying, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Grief, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Toxic friendship

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

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

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Blood, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Cultural appropriation, Body horror, Abandonment, Gore, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Hate crime, Grief, Cursing, Classism, Child abuse, and Bullying

jay_da_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Police brutality, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gore, and Violence

augustinedreams's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

I highly recommend reading this book. It is a fantastic take on the classic Carrie but with a modern day twist that comments on modern racism. Take your time with this book it has so much to give and all of it is brutally honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Cursing, and Alcohol