Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

25 reviews

lysvic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

• wanted to enjoy it more than I actually did
• characters were often pretty unlikeable… not necessarily a bad thing, but I didn’t get much opportunity to empathize with them besides their background
• interesting concept
• loved the idea for the lore, but some of it was inconsistent and straight up odd (that basketball scene???)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Medical trauma, Body horror, Animal death, Colonisation, Gore, and Mental illness

august_18's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Death of parent, Racism, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Gaslighting

apworden's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Gore, Gun violence, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Child death, Colonisation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Racism

literarywreck's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, and Racism

devynvictoria's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

klitanightfuryreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Ugh this book… it’s taken me a year to read this book. I would pick it up then back down. It seemed to take forever.

The thing with this book is that it is slow and the way it’s written at the beginning takes a lot of getting used to. 

The first part was slow and agonizing and then you get to a great story and then it gets slow again.  The second half of the book was definitely better and if you can get passed the first half then it is a good story with a very long dragged out ending that honestly just made me wish I had DNF the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

reddeddy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Stalking, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

This book is insane. I took a break between the first part and the second because it's a lot to take in all at once. The social commentary on race and generational trauma is impeccable. The final part of the book kept me up all night on the edge of my seat until I finished. Everything about it was great. I'll definitely read more by SGJ.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Hate crime, Mental illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Alcoholism, Grief, and Racial slurs

anntharai's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I was told this book was scary - keeps you awake because the shadows are jumping out at you kind of scary. 

I disagree. 

It is a spooky story, sure. It’s shocking and gory, and it’s definitely unsettling, but what keeps you up at night isn’t the big bad. 

It’s the haunting mechanism of sheer grief and injustice turning the world on its head. 

Stomach churning in ways beyond the gore and blood, rather it’s the reflection and justifications that get you. 

Phenomenally written, engrossing and haunting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Mental illness

alblaylock's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, and Animal cruelty