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A review by readershark
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
5.0
This book was.....I don’t even have words to say it. It’s pitched as a thriller, but to me it was a slow descent into a psychological horror. At every page I wanted to pull Enchanted away, to keep her safe and hidden from those who so clearly wanted to hurt her. Because I’ve been her, and I saw so much of my experiences here that it hurt. Every single time Korey said or did something it was such a classic sign of grooming, and I wanted to scream at her to run and never look back.
But I will never be a Black woman who went through this. Jackson does a realistic job of showing us what the journey would look like. And it’s horrific. My heart hurt. I found myself crying and wishing things would start to get better even though they just got worse and worse. I wanted her to be safe, to break away.
One of the biggest things that stuck with me was her swimming. I was a swimmer too, and the water felt like my home. It was my safety, and I know exactly how it feels to be ripped from it, to feel like a fish without fins. Its painful and it aches.
This book is a masterpiece. It’s wonderful and awful and horrifying. It’s beautifully written and highlights the horror and trauma Black women constantly go through while others just look away. It enforces a message everyone should embrace: Protect Black Women.
Read this book. It’s important in more ways than one, from signs of grooming to how Black women are treated when it comes to abuse. There are trigger warnings at the beginning of the book, so please make sure to check them before you go in!
This is already one of my all time favorite books.
But I will never be a Black woman who went through this. Jackson does a realistic job of showing us what the journey would look like. And it’s horrific. My heart hurt. I found myself crying and wishing things would start to get better even though they just got worse and worse. I wanted her to be safe, to break away.
One of the biggest things that stuck with me was her swimming. I was a swimmer too, and the water felt like my home. It was my safety, and I know exactly how it feels to be ripped from it, to feel like a fish without fins. Its painful and it aches.
This book is a masterpiece. It’s wonderful and awful and horrifying. It’s beautifully written and highlights the horror and trauma Black women constantly go through while others just look away. It enforces a message everyone should embrace: Protect Black Women.
Read this book. It’s important in more ways than one, from signs of grooming to how Black women are treated when it comes to abuse. There are trigger warnings at the beginning of the book, so please make sure to check them before you go in!
This is already one of my all time favorite books.