The cover makes it appear that Maddy is doused in blood, similar to Carrie."The Black Prom" - which was the name of Carrie's massacre - is here the name of one segregated prom in Springville (there's a black prom and a white prom).Karma Houdini: Jules survives the massacre and lies about Maddy to make herself look like the victim, and still shows no remorse for her actions.Thomas = Margaret White's Spear Counterpart.It makes sense, as a then-groundbreaking film about a mixed-race girl passing for white. Fictional Fan, Real Celebrity: Maddy's favorite film is Imitation of Life (1934).Distaff Counterpart: The fanatically religious single mother Margaret White is replaced with the fanatically racist single father Thomas Washington.
She becomes interested in her black heritage when the truth comes out. Maddy is mixed-race and white-passing at the insistence of Thomas, and initially has trouble thinking of herself as black, although thinking of herself as white feels even less accurate.
Big Bad: Jules Marshall is the leader of Maddie's bullies who torments her every chance she gets, and the mastermind of the prom prank.Beta Bitch: Kayleigh is the worst of Jules's followers and helps her set up Maddie at the prom.Alpha Bitch: Jules, as to be expected from an Expy of Chris Hargensen.Adaptational Sympathy: Though Thomas does still try to kill Maddy and is physically abusive towards her, he's also a good chunk more sympathetic with The Reveal that his abusive mother also had Maddy's powers, and his perspective that he is (admittedly in an abusive way) protecting her from Springville's racism.There is also a much larger black presence at Springville High, which gets mentioned and shown. Maddy (Carrie) is mixed-race (her mother is black), and Kenny (Tommy) is black. Adaptational Diversity: Though the book is more of a homage to Carrie as noted above, its main change is in resetting it among racial dynamics.Scott is overbearing towards Kenny and pressures him to excel at football regardless of his son's wishes. Thomas is severely emotionally and physically abusive to Maddy.However, after Maddy is targeted by another cruel prank at prom, it turns out that she's hiding another secret - and this one will cost them all their lives.Īs that plot summary might suggest, the book is a Homage to Carrie. Maddy is invited by star quarterback Kenny, at the insistence of his white girlfriend. When her secret comes out, so does the racist history of her Georgia high school, leading to the first integrated prom. Biracial Maddy Washington has been passing as white her whole life, at the insistence of her racist father Thomas. The Weight of Blood is a 2022 young adult horror/thriller novel by Tiffany D.
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