Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

39 reviews

justaddwater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good overall, but complicated. Starts out very slow, then a lot happens. A good amount of knowledge of Native American beliefs required for full enjoyment.

first death only happens about half way through the book, then many deaths very quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gore, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Stalking, Racism, Murder, Blood, Cursing, and Violence

thebearnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Gore, Gun violence, and Cursing

shysheepys's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Abortion, Colonisation, Death, Child death, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Blood

momogajo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

There is so much murder, but also an exploration of many things. Things like revenge, what it means to honour yourself and you culture, can things ever be made right, and more. 

At times it was hard to track what was happening. The author would suddenly have the characters think back to past events with little or no transitions. It does remind me of how some Elders tell stories by telling around the story.

Even with the at times disjointed way of telling the story the ending is just perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Cursing, Colonisation, Gun violence, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Animal cruelty

sleepyshelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Colonisation, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Despite the prose being overwritten at times, and the amount of violence against women, this book is about nature taking its revenge and breaking intergenerational trauma cycles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder, Torture, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Racial slurs, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Classism, and Abandonment

The subjects of shame towards a parent, murder of indigenous and white women, tensions about interracial relationships, and intergenerational trauma are explored in detail within the text.

kkocik's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Car accident, and Violence

sunkenbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Uhm, ok so this book... exists. It's good but also not good. The concept? Amazing. The horror elements? Give me more right now. The scare factor? Oh God yes! The writing? Meh. I just don't think I like how Jones writes honestly, it was so slogging and hard to get through most of the time that this was my longest read for the first time in a while.

I feel like his writing style has the energy of me trying to be impressive in middle school by using all of the thesaurus but still using "says" 744 times in a chapter. It's repetitive but also not as the words change but it says the same thing over and over again.

However the parts that are fight/scary/action scenes are really good. That scene with Lewis and Shaney, god that will live in my head for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

writerkit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Blood, Death, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Miscarriage, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual content, and Genocide

iirreeaadd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved the first third of this book, the middle third was solid and the last third dragged on a little. A great story with some truly disturbing imagery. Any horror lover will love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Cursing, and Animal death