Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

137 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

klabardee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

Moderate: Gore and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Police brutality and Colonisation

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

wannah_hallace's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The writing style was unique and made me slow down to absorb what I was reading. I really like how the story developed and couldn't put it down during the tense scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Body horror, Animal death, Violence, Murder, and Suicide

jadeyfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I really liked the pacing of this book. I haven’t read much horror, but this book definitely had me scared and on edge for the majority. The only thing I had trouble with was keeping track of where we are in the timeline of events. There are a few times where the past is being recalled while there is a present conversation and it was had to distinguish and I got a bit confused. Overall, a really unique book and definitely worth the read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

zoebaillie's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

I had hoped for more atmospheric spookiness, but found most of the horror was more gore than spook. What it lacked in atmosphere it made up for in very, very detailed accounts basketball and motorcycle repair (both of which are central to the gore at times).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Animal death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Hate crime, Car accident, Colonisation, and Police brutality