A review by toffeebox
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Didn't have the same sort of magic as Betty did. 

While this book did a fantastic job of the negative themes: drug use, rape, prostitution, violence, family neglect, addiction, it was stiflingly sad all the way through. Positive sides are developed very limitedly - unlike betty, where you had the father, and a few good brothers to give a form of "breathing space" - the sisterhood was superficial at best, despite having a big motif of the Chillicothe sisters.

Nevertheless, the writings and lyricism were fantastic and the plot twist
The bit where the murderer was shifted from a human to addiction.
  really brought it together.