Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

5 reviews

lancemama's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

augustinedreams's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This book is everything I wanted in a horror thriller. The use of magic-realism and unreliable narrators is amazing; and the plot twists are wild. This book is a dark, tense, fast-paced read that'll leave your skin crawling at some parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Gore, Murder, Violence, Racism, and Self harm

reddeddy's review

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

dulcinea's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

scherezade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

FIVE STARS. Holy shit. This book is certainly not for the squeamish or the faint of heart - the death scenes are gruesome and terrifying. But this book delivers such a masterfully crafted, complete arc about cycles of violence, it's worth it. Stephen Graham Jones richly portrays the inner lives of his characters with poignancy and humor, and  is unflinching in the face of the structural racism the Indigenous protagonists we follow deal with. The third act was spectacular. The audiobook is incredible - Shaun Taylor-Corbett did incredible narrative and voice work, and I love that this was an owned voices book from author to narrator. Best book I've read this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit