Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

71 reviews

bexgil's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Racism, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Gore, and Emotional abuse

thisisemily's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.5

The Weight of Blood is a modern re-telling of Carrie centered around systemic racism and the impact that these outdated and backwoods values have on the youth of our nation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Racial slurs, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Classism

devynvictoria's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

moo_lloyd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Racism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Hate crime, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

ilaxaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Gore, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Police brutality, Blood, Death, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment

ashleytalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging 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

The Carrie retelling I didn’t know I needed! I devoured it in a day because I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Police brutality, and Blood

lecheeese's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

secretofmusing's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.75

I loved Carrie by Stephen King so I knew I would enjoy this retelling.

Absolutely brilliant with more depth to the story than the original. This story is told from the third perspective through multiple POVs, podcast transcripts and court/investigation documents.


Quotes from The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

“In the deepest parts of her, she had always known that something dark lay inside her, feral and dangerous. Something feverish and desperate to show itself.” Pg 96

“Chew on grief for breakfast, devour aches for lunch, inhale life’s acid, let it burn the costume he has forced upon you.” Pg. 226

““I don’t hear anything. No one’s laughing. She spun to Brady. Why aren’t they laughing?”” Pg. 328 - her ridiculous expectation that it would be a funny joke makes me want to rip my hair out. Fucking psychopath. 

“She had no idea her body was morphing to accommodate an erupting savage madness.” Pg. 335 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Bullying, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Blood, and Religious bigotry

blep's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Racism, Mental illness, Violence, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

Minor: Abandonment

mrsmishler'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Police brutality