Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

50 reviews

j_c_a's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

natgoe's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cursing, Animal death, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Death, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, and Sexual assault

agxxo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

caidyn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Holy shit, this was fantastic. I didn't realise that this was her first book because it doesn't read like one. It's polished and great. Jackson is just an amazing author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Mental illness

bowlingforboots's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, and Abortion

ksuazo94's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Grief, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

tmcphetridge4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

(Starting off by saying this is NOT my chosen genre, I am being asked to read this book for a course I am helping to teach.)
Nope. This book 100% is not for me. Pretty much from the jump I was disturbed by the content of the book and I did not like how this one was written. I can see how people view it as a stunning debut, but because it is not the type of genre that I like to read, it was a slog to get through. Utterly violent, abusive, abhorrent behavior from just about every party involved. There were multiple times that I had to turn down the volume because I could not stand the content I was listening to. Especially having read Grown first, I thought that the plot twist at the end was cheap. Again, makes you rethink the whole book, which isn't the worst tactic but I don't think it was necessary. 
This all being said, I think it opens an interesting conversations on cycles of abuse/trauma and generational trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

jenna_johnson's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Murder, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Kidnapping and Vomit

y2kaitlyn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Incest

kawooreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship