Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

8 reviews

hapikohw's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

Damn, Tiffany Jackson and her unwell, unbelieved Black girls. So far I am 3 for 3 with her books. They hurt and are beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Sexual violence, Stalking, Drug use, Classism, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Child abuse

kathleenes's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

mother_of_stallions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Death

anonymous_k's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse/Assault, Physical Abuse/Assault, Emotional Abuse/Assault, Stalking, Pornography, Violence, Maltreatment… ALL of Minors/Children and Murder

It was a great book, but it was truly hard to read because of how in depth this book dove into very triggering topics. Please, please read the trigger warnings of this book. The MULTIPLE sexual abuses that occur in this book are very graphic, in-depth, and are really the focus of this book. Many people will say this is a thriller/horror novel. What makes it so horrific is the depth of which all the trigger warnings are explored/written about/talked about. It’s an important read, but very, very traumatic. So please… read the trigger warnings, and if you’re someone who’s suffered from domestic/sexual assault/abuse please be cautious because such topics are explored in GREAT detail. Great book, but again, it’s an extremely hard read… especially as a survivor herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism and Racism

READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS! They are explored in GREAT detail!

aimzthereader's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

Perfection! Read this so quickly because everything about this book was perfect. Unique premise, mystery, good handling of tough topics, amazing writing. I will read more of Tiffany D Jackson 

Now this is full of sooo many trigger warnings ajd it is a very tough topic. Adult-minor relationship, abuse, sexual assault, racism and more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

brookey8888's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow this was hard to read but powerful. I highly recommend this if the tigger warnings aren’t to much. This is such an important topic and I’m glad she wrote about it. I really liked enchanted I though she was really strong. I do wish there was more of the familiar aspects though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

thrillofthepage's review

challenging emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

gm_vak's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, and Toxic relationship