A review by jaeyc
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This story is so well written, there is so much love in this book and the strong sense of family ties is well depicted. 
However, do not be fooled by the cover. There are so many horrors and TW in this book including abuse, rape, incest, animal abuse, racism, child loss, suicide etc. It was really hard to read at times and to imagine this poor girl having to witness so much violence in her childhood. I was not at all prepared for the family trauma. Can you forgive someone who was supposed to love you inflicting so much pain on you? especially when that someone is supposed to be our closest kin? Can you forgive someone's doing because she turned out this way from her past scars and trauma? There is grief, there is joy and this book is perfectly wonderful in terms of her magical writing! Perfect for readers who love coming of age books!
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