Reviews tagging 'Gore'

After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones

8 reviews

je_fancyb's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

SGJ is capable of packing a lot into the small space of the short story format. A lot of these are good, but every collection has some dude and with a couple of these I truly could not suss out what the hell happened in the end but the vibes were right

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Torture, Death, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Homophobia

sarahweyand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

I always love when I have time to read a backlist of a favorite author. Stephen Graham Jones is one of my favorite horror authors (my all-time coolest claim is having him repost my ARC review of My Heart is a Chainsaw to his personal website), and this short story collection of his has been on my list for a while. 

As with every short story collection, some where better than others, but a few of the stories have really stuck with me and have a lot of impact. I always appreciate Jones' ability to write eerie and tense scenes and trusting the reader to be smart and catch on to what he's doing. We all know I'll get my hands on anything he puts out. 

Here is my rating for each story in the collection (my overall rating is the average of all these):

1. Thirteen - 4.25
2. Brushdogs- 4.25
3. Welcome to the Reptile House - 2.5
4. This is Love - 4.5 
5. The Spindly Man - 3
6. The Black Sleeve of Destiny - 2.75
7. The Spider Box - 3.75
8. Snow Monsters - 4.5
9. Doc’s Story - 2.5
10. The Dead Are Not - 3 
11. Xebico - 3.5 
12. Second Chances - 4.75
13. After the People Lights Have Gone Off - 4.75
14. Uncle - 4
15. Solve for X - 3.75 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, and Child death

annact's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Terminal illness, Gore, Body horror, Homophobia, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Car accident

theunexpectedamphibian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jakobvongunten's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, and Confinement

Moderate: Homophobia, Child death, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping

maryellen's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, and Kidnapping

jamesflint's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Gore

emmrosa's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, and Blood