Reviews tagging Bullying

White Smoke, by Tiffany D. Jackson

10 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

My biggest gripe is the ending. I would have liked to see what happened directly after the events of the last chapter,  when

Spoiler

The Foundation is finally exposed

. Maybe the author left it ambiguous because in real life, those with money, power and privilege usually win.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Pedophilia

blackcatkai's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

3.5/5☆~

CW: addiction, mental illness, anxiety/panic attacks, ableism (casual and otherwise, use of words like st*pid & j*nkie), drug use mentioned, blood, violence, death, classism

I really liked this one, the ending twist is one of my favourites, and I really liked Mari as a character. a lot of this book reminded me of growing up just outside Detroit, with the mentions of things like coney dogs, devils night, and pop. makes me miss my hometown just a smidge. honestly, my only real issue is how abrupt the ending feels. but overall I'd definitely recommend this one for the spooky season!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Classism, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Ableism

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Medical content

librarybookscene's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, and Racism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

Creepy. Upsetting. Real. This book is about a haunted house in a community that has been destroyed by greed, power, classism and racism. My heart was in my throat several times. Great YA horror story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Murder, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Violence, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Death, Ableism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Moderate: Medical content, Classism, Medical trauma, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Vomit, Child death, and Murder

Gentrification, Displacement, Incarceration

cheerful_bursts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

I did a mix of audiobook and text. This book definitely gave me the spooks when reading it at night. It kept me curious and wanting more. It was a great mix of mental health, fact, and lore. The audiobook was cast well but the narrator didn’t always correctly capture the emotions. Id definitely give it a reread. 
An animal is effected in the book, check spoilers

Spoiler

No animals die in the book.

Does the ending wrap up? check spoiler:

Spoiler

Ending isn’t conclusive on all plot points

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, Racism, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Extreme Gentrification

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, and Gaslighting

kirkevincent's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The MC of this book is 16, but other than that I'm not sure why this book was classified as YA since it deals with a lot of really heavy themes and has a strong focus drug use/dealing/addiction/overdose/growing marijuana (illegally). However, the book is pretty well done with the true horror being the gentrification of the city it is set in and what lengths a community will go to in protecting their own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Bullying

main character has an extreme fear of bed bugs and there is a lot of discussion and description of paranoia and psychotic episodes. teenagers use drugs and alcohol, MC has overdosed in the past. dog is often imperiled and is injured/sick/rushed to an animal hospital. character with a food allergy experiences anaphylaxis and almost dies.

readwithzoe_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, and Death