A review by jacq_s
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Moments of really beautiful writing, but overall very heavy handed with unrealistically profound monologues coming from every character. Horrific accounts of violence/abuse and animal cruelty. Truly loveable characters mixed in with the awful. It stuck with me and will, but felt like the book really beat its message into me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion and Alcohol