27.1.17 12.10am 
 THIS BOOK HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RELEASED WHEN WILL MY COPY BE DELIVERED 
 I'm just reading all the 5 star ratings on Goodreads right now and I'm even more excited for this book now because three mere chapters of it already delivered an emotional sucker punch in the gut and I need to read the rest of it. 
 12.1.17 2.22am 
 once, there was a girl, and her name was enqi. she loved books more than anything in the world. before 2017 arrived, she'd already compiled her whole list of anticipated 2017 books. there were almost one hundred on her list. and Allegedly was one of them. one night, when all the house was asleep (she had a habit of sleeping at ungodly hours because she stayed up to read. as such, she was always the last one to sleep), she was looking through the EpicReads blog and imagine her excitement when she found three chapters of Allegedly already posted. without hesitation she clicked through and began to read. 
 that's the story. that's how i read three chapters, three chapters of the most raw, gritty, haunting book i've read this year - maybe even in my life. to say i was shocked is an understatement. i was stunned, thrown out of the loop for a second, because i was so amazed at the power of tiffany d. jackson's writing - it was heartfelt, soul-stirring, evocative, powerful. i am pretty sure i felt every emotion along the spectrum of possible emotions while reading this. it gets under your skin, stays in your head, resonates in your heart, and leaves you reflecting on what you've just read for long afterward. some books, they leave their mark on you and you can't forget them no matter how hard you try. Allegedly was poignant, expressive, ominous, cruelly honest and yet still hopeful - and this is how i know in my heart that this will be one of those books. the books that keep me flipping pages because i cannot stop reading. because my head is still reeling and my heart is still weeping after i've finished those chapters. i will be counting down the days to tiffany's debut. and if she writes anything else i will definitely auto-buy it. this is what three chapters have done to me. i can only imagine what a wonderful, breathtaking, heartwrenching masterpiece her entire book will be. 
 given all these, my rating now will be five stars, because i've seen enough of her writing to know i could never give anything less than that. after i read the full book, i will update this review and its rating accordingly.