Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

26 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Racism, Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual content, and Vomit

readswithcat's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Racism, Bullying, Violence, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Classism, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Confinement

Moderate: Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Animal death

snowhite197's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Racism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Police brutality

tlaynejones's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Fire/Fire injury

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry

ghostlyprince's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Suicide, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Stalking, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer and Gun violence

mfrisk's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I couldn’t recommend this book more. It is a mixed media style book with a podcast element and flashbacks. This is a remake of Carrie that ratchets up the intensity of that story and delves in deeper through tackling the horrors of racism and bigotry within a small town stuck in its old ways. I felt like the characters were all very well written and fully realized and that the build up to the final event was well done.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic friendship, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Racial slurs

ccouey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Death, and Confinement

chloseencounter's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was not only the best book I read this month but one of my new favorite novels of all time. I actually read it twice. The Weight of Blood is a stunning retelling of Stephen King’s Carrie told through the lense of a young black girl in a very racist town. I read this novel and immediately felt this was everything Carrie should’ve been in the first place. The added racial tension gave so much more depth and motivation to each character while keeping the core character archetypes. This book was stunning, emotional, and important. I would recommend The Weight of Blood to literally everyone, though it’s not very graphic I will say it’s painful. I could see why it would be a difficult read for those effected by racism. I actually cried until I thought I was gonna vom near the end but then I still picked this book up and read it a second time this month as well as ordered my own copy

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Confinement, Racism, Violence, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

whitedaylilies's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Bullying, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Confinement, Blood, Classism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Racism