Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

69 reviews

nialystic's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gun violence, Death, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Hate crime, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Addiction

karthnemesis's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

spinebreakr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I was enthralled with this right up until

elk head woman transformed into a human.

which unfortunately is pretty early on in the book. 
The writing was tense and emotional. You could really feel the weight of generational trauma resting on the shoulders of the main characters. The way it informs all their actions is raw and drawn from a very real place. The character work is super well done. But ultimately, the monster in the story is not nearly so scary as what the men do to the ones they love. 

Once we started getting chapters from the perspective of the monster, I had such a hard time being scared of her. I came to this book expecting horror and I just wasn't gripped at any point. The gore was pretty visceral at times. Very graphic, and overdone in some spots. For example

Scalping Shaney with a motorcycle??

Yeah it was horrific, but also so wildly over the top, it immediately pulled me out of the story. 

Overall, I feel like it started off strong but lost direction a little as it went. 
I still recommend. But only If when you read this book you treat it like a Halloween-esque slasher film. Do that and you'll have a great time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Body horror, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Grief, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

punkrockingnerd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

This one will probably require a re-read. The switching between 2nd and 3rd person narration was really jarring for me, but I really enjoyed the story! I think it could've been written more cohesively, but maybe I'll enjoy it on a second go?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, and Body horror

insideunder's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Genocide, and Alcoholism

corrieroe's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Stalking, Suicide, Body horror, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

kitkaty731's review against another edition

dark funny sad 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? Yes

3.5

A grisly parable about inter-generational harm, particularly the harm men can do to women without meaning to. It’s a touch gruesome for me and some parts are hard to get through, but the writing style is vivid and really unique. Im not Native American so I’m sure there’s a lot that went over my head and I can’t speak to, but from an outsider perspective I think it was pretty well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Blood, Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, and Body horror

thereadingmarshmallow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

This book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. The story is riveting. It is so beautifully crafted in its gory glory. The journey it took me on will live on in my mind forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Stalking, Violence, Gore, and Pregnancy

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