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angiebradley's review
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Racism, Blood, and Murder
michaelion's review
- 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 is the hardest review I've ever had to write.
This is the best book I've ever read.
This is the hardest review for me because I don't know what to say. I don't know how to say it all. It's too good. I can't talk about the amazing writing, the beautiful imagery, the twists the turns I fell for every time. It's so personal. It's everything I've ever been looking for. Not even a quarter of the way through I was recommending it to people. Please, please, do yourself a favor, please, read this masterpiece. Buy this masterpiece. Listen to the audio of this masterpiece! Thank me later. I love you.
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NOV 2024 REVIEW:
I first read this before starting my master's degree. Now I'm done. Crazy! I love this book so much. I feel like I should read it after every milestone. I'm gonna get a heart feather scales tattoo next!
I love this book so much it makes me mad. I wish I wrote it. I hope to write something half as good someday!
Also, this was written in the shadow of Trump's 2016 election and I reread it in the shadow of... oh god please don't make me say it... Even with both perspectives, the book just gets better and better. A fine fine wine.
Erin E. Adams you will ALWAYS be famous!!!!!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Gaslighting
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault
ktdakotareads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
albon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Blood
Moderate: Racism
sarabear's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
hollyk's review
- 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
2.5
Jackal follows Liz Rocher, who is returning to her small hometown for her best friend's wedding. While there, her best friend's young daughter (who is mixed) goes missing. This sets Liz on a mission to find her best friend's daughter, but in the process Liz discovers a harrowing pattern--young Black girls going missing every summer for decades.
This book is beautifully written. Let me start with that. Jackal does not shy away from race, class, and gender, and I have many sections highlighted because of how beautiful and poignant they were.
That being said, the overarching plot is relatively simple, but the supernatural twist didn't really add anything to the story, and rather took away from it. There were chapters about the girls who went missing from Jack's perspective, which was highly confusing (as it uses the same POV as Liz).
This book addresses police indifference to POC missing persons cases, the small town covert racism (and overt as well) through the lens of Liz, who is a complicated person. She's hard to read for a good chunk of the book--and we're in her head, but as her story unfolds, her personality does as well.
I think this book set out to do too much--the combo of real-life horror and supernatural horror didn't blend well here as the rest of the book was more based in the real world.
Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me this e-arc in exchange for my honest review!:)
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit