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The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

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bluegrayvealey's review against another edition

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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

Amazing! Felt like a retelling of Carrie, but was a story I wanted to read! I’m not a big SK fan, but am def a TDJ fan!

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orizenda's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad 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

Honestly, I love Carrie. Carrie was what got me back into reading in high school. But this is better than Carrie for the message it carries. Like is it perfect imo? no but that’s fine. I loved it. I didn’t know if I would because I do love Carrie, but this is not Carrie. This is Maddy and I love Maddy and I hope she’s happy.

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seacrowe's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

so so so so so so good! phenomenal audiobook.

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devynvictoria's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this so much. For a book that you know the (vague) ending of in the first chapter, it still found ways to make my jaw drop. There was great character development, had me really feeling for characters and absolutely hating the antagonist characters— literally found myself scoffing and rolling my eyes at some of the hateful things Jules or Madi’s papa would do/say. I would definitely recommend the audiobook, it has different narrators for each perspective and it was just a great listen.

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enchantressreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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_bunnyreads_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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kelsokake's review against another edition

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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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