The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. It’s hard enough fitting in but to make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact he sees the dead around him all the time. Most are harmless. Stuck in their death loops as they relive their deaths over and over again, they don’t interact often with people. But then Jake meets Sawyer. A troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school last year before taking his own life. Now a powerful, vengeful ghost, he has plans for his afterlife–plans that include Jake… Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Homomisia & homomisic slurs
- Coming out themes
- Ableism & ableist language
- Racism
- Attempted sexual assault of a child by an uncle, on-page
- Parental abandonment & neglect
- Physical, verbal & emotional child abuse
- Domestic violence recounted, off-page
- Cheating mentioned
- Nightmares
- Alcohol consumption
- Recreational drug use
- Hospitalisation for attempted suicide recounted
- Suicidal ideation
- Graphic blood & gore depiction
- Graphic body horror
- Emesis
- Murder & attempted murder
- School shooting
- Gun & knife violence
- Car accident
- Loss of autonomy (ghost possession)
- Animal death (insects)
- Animal abuse & torture (insects)
- Bullying
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