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The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

9 reviews

augustinedreams's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

I highly recommend reading this book. It is a fantastic take on the classic Carrie but with a modern day twist that comments on modern racism. Take your time with this book it has so much to give and all of it is brutally honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Cursing, and Alcohol

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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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

pandact's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

Tiffany D. Jackson always has her way of making you think and delivering the most satisfying fakeouts, and her fans will enjoy it!
The plot is almost like

Spoiler

Wicked (2003) with the themes of  Riot Baby (2020) and epic gore. Two things bothered me though: why did Wendy think fake dating would help her? Also, I guess it's cool to have an extra with a hearing aid, but why did Maddy stop needing glasses when she got powers and a boyfriend?

The universe sings to meeee!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Hate crime, and Child death

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Classism, Outing, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Car accident, and Body shaming

Minor: Ableism

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

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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

streberkatze's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent

cam356's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a very intense book and retelling of Carrie. It takes Carrie and puts it in the light of BLM. We follow Maddy who is of mixed race but passes as white until one day it rains. Her hair starts to frizz and people realize that maybe she wasn't what she said she was. It takes a hard look at micro-aggressions and how some parts of North America is still trapped in a very racist mindset. This was a good read but I will be completely honest in saying that I found it a little boring that it was a retelling of a different horror book. It was almost the exact same plot with very minor differences. If you like horror, YA and diverse reads, I would definitely recommend picking this one up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Violence, and Police brutality

jloud_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Toxic friendship

kshertz's review

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I love this author so I read it even though I’m not a huge horror person. Or a magical realism person. But I still was enthralled. I really enjoyed the podcast aspect and the interviews. It has an excellent ending. Personally I liked her book White Smoke better but this one is definitely great too. I think people who enjoy horror and magic and true crime would enjoy this book even more than me!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

a_libra_library's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Thank you to  Katherine Tegen Books and Harper Collins and Epic Reads  for this ARC 

This was my first ever Tiffany Jackson book that wasn't a collection of other authors and I loved it. Her writing style, her character felt real and whole through the entire story. I love that she took the story of Carrie and added her voice to it. The plot, the themes, the format- it was so amazing.

A five star read that should be on High school teachers radars! 

This story follows the structure of Carrie (which added to the horror, if you know you know) with a twist. Tiffany  sets our story in a small town in Gregoria in 2014. Maddy Washington is our main character and she's been keeping a few secrets her entire life.  One being she's biracial. After a video of Maddy getting bullied goes viral on twitter the media takes a closer look at the town of Springville, its high school and its history of racism since its one of the few high schools that still hosts segregated Proms. 
In an effort to make peace and prove that Springville isn't as bad as the media makes them out to be   The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date to Prom. 

This story is told  in a sort of a then/now format. There is a podcast that speculates about the event of the prom, Maddy's life, her secrets and the town history, but then you go back in time to read what actually happens. 

Like I said if you know the story of Carrie you may have an idea of what happens next. I truly believe that knowing the story of Carrie and the background of racism in high school will have you on the edge of your seat while reading. I cried, laughed, awhed and threw my arc copy around because I was watching the story unfold. 


P.S, I will be preordering so I can get the epilogue to know what happened after prom. (and the sash) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit