Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

14 reviews

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

Fans of haunted houses or the show Euphoria NEED to pick up this book. This is one of those instances that proves a protagonist doesn’t need to be “relatable” for a book to be riveting and entertaining.

Marigold and her blended family move in to a renovated house in Cedarville, but everything from missing equipment to faulty lights and locked basement doors make this house anything but inviting. Marigold uses weed to mitigate her anxiety and OCD (which flared due to a bedbug incident at their previous house), and she discovers from people at school that the new town law enforcement cracks down harshly on dealers. She’s on the prowl for her next fix, but something in the house has it it for her.

Content notes: contains teens drinking/doing drugs, coarse language, jailed family members, race-based gerrymandering, and religious gaslighting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

cbbyles07's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

katefox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

I don't usually like haunting stories but I picked this one up and I am so glad I did. The main character is flawed and I found myself not liking her as much as I felt I should, which upon reflection is a refreshing change. Jackson did a great job of slowly revealing the plots of the haunted house, Mari's past mistakes and trauma and the dark history of the old town our family has moved into. The book is layered, well written and some scenes creeped me hell out but it was well worth it to get to the end.............. Kinda hoping there will be another one????????

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

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, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

Minor: Bullying, Death, and Death of parent