The Weight of Blood

I'm having a really difficult time deciding what to say about this book. I fully support Jackson and her reasons for writing this. The fact that these things happen day to day still in 2022 is absolutely horrific. 
The racism shown in this is absolutely more of the horror story than the paranormal aspects to me. This book made me cry. 
The systemic racism of an entire town that still practices SEGREGATED proms made me want to vomit.  
The amount of people that had grown up with these beliefs and practices for so long that they don't realize why it was an issue. The lack of remorse for severely racist actions. Straight up hate crimes that the characters refuse to take responsibility for is revolting. 
The deep rooted racism that some of these characters make apologies for, try to explain away, try to make excuses for is heartbreaking and maddening. 
Including some of these actions coming from a black person. The internalized racism he's developed from being constantly exposed to casual racism form people who are supposed to be his friends is rough.
This book turned my stomach and infuriated me. Being inside the head of a racist and getting their POV broke my heart and boggled my mind. Especially knowing that the types of people that behave this way aren't even  uncommon to run into during day to day life.
HOWEVER, the overall plot of the story as a horror kind of bored me. Yes, I know it's a retelling of Carrie by Stephen King but the paranormal aspect felt so disjointed and out of place for me. I think that the social commentary of this book was phenomenal, and extremely important and as a contemporary it could provide similar vibes to The Hate U Give. But I simply didn't enjoy the book as the horror/paranormal novel it told me it was going to be and think I would have enjoyed it more without that aspect.