Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

13 reviews

pipettesandpages's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Suicide, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcohol, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Drug use

montybonty's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Genocide, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Addiction

bxnnny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

2.0

this was a bit of a challenge for me, particularly in the beginning. i found the writing in the beginning hard to follow with a lot of run-on sentences and just confusing wording. there was also a lot of very descriptive body horror, gore, and particularly hard to read animal death that made me seriously question if i wanted to continue reading or not - or if i even could bring myself to. ultimately, though, i pushed through and found the story to be a compelling one of revenge, grief, and the tale as old as time: what goes around, comes back around. again and again and again. i don't think this one was totally for me though, but the concept was there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

very descriptive body horror, gore, and a whole lot of animal death!!!

abhirupa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was such a challenging book to read, but so worth it! It’s such a unique take on the vengeful spirit horror tale, especially because we get the perspective of the spirit herself and her reasons for going on this rampage against the main characters. I loved the way it ended and it’s crazy to see where the story ended up from where it started. A very gripping story and i couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Animal death

wyllora's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Murder, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny

caedycon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

This book was insane. I did NOT know that it was horror going into it, and when I tell you it is HORROR. Granted, I'm not much of a horror reader, so maybe this wouldn't be as terrifying to the normal reader, but I was SO disturbed by the murder scenes. Insanely well-written with a fascinating premise, I felt like I was going crazy along with the characters. The writing is vivid and really paints the horrifying pictures so well. It's a little bit of a slow burn to start, but once the real action starts, I was gripped and couldn't stop listening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism

alogalbo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

fun read, really interesting take on the god of the woods and respecting nature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Vomit

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