A review by optimisticbooknerd
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

5.0

“Our daughter was stalked, preyed upon, and assaulted by a grown man. This is when we need our village the most.”

TW: mentions of sexual abuse, rape, assault, child abuse, kidnapping and addiction to opioids

This is so hard for me to wrap my brain around but I really enjoyed this book. I read it all in one day (today lol) and it genuinely made me angry reading the things that the main character of the novel goes through but I realized that that is exactly the reaction we should have to something like this.

We should be angry about GROWN ass adults getting close to younger girls/boys

Tiffany D. Jackson wrote such a powerful novel and even if it didn't have a murder mystery side plot it's important. I honestly think this should become required reading for schools.

I honestly can not stop thinking about this book since I've finished it.


Also, I LOVE that the trigger warnings were at the beginning of this book. 5 stars.