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The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

19 reviews

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

tey_lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Classism

Minor: Vomit

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

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Racism, Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual content, and Vomit

caseymac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Blood, Racism, Death, Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Gore, Vomit, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Moderate: Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

vicklepickle's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

A modernization of Carrie. Going in knowing the story of Carrie made it so heart breaking. Even in the midst of all the horror you cannot help but feel for Maddy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Police brutality, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit

petit_lecteur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Police brutality, Violence, Vomit, and Blood

readabookmofo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

 THE GOOD: Great racial commentary, not only between different races, but internalized racism as well. I empathized IMMENSELY with the FMC trying desperately to appear white; reading this honestly brought up a lot of painful memories I’ve forgotten about from elementary and high school. It was cathartic to read about an experience that I identified with greatly.
I also loved the intensified romantic interest compared to the romantic subplot in Carrie by Stephen King.
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THE BAD:
This book was too similar to Carrie for me. It was difficult to not compare the two novels because they’re so alike. Once I realized this was pretty much a modern retelling, I lost interest. I knew how the story was going to end. Jackson used so many words and phrases ad nauseam; it took me out of the reading every single time and made all the characters feel lifeless. The romantic subplot started off fantastic, but quickly sunk. The storytelling was lacking at points by relying upon various mediums to build anticipation. Yet all it did was cause frustration; in many of these instances, all I wanted was the POV of the FMC, which would have been perfect. The ending was also very underwhelming.
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Overall this was just an okay book for me. I’m interested to read more from Tiffany D. Jackson and get a better idea of her own voice. Again, it was hard to not compare this to Carrie because it followed it too closely. It wouldn’t be my first book recommendation honestly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Sexism, and Bullying

Moderate: Vomit and Blood

Favorite Quote: "How can one man who knows nothing of the weight of blood tame you?"

natnat_7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, Car accident, Ableism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, and Vomit

mamawantsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit