Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

10 reviews

physicalsecrets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

elkboy23's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Alcohol, and Gore

Moderate: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, Stalking, Police brutality, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

Minor: Classism, Grief, Racial slurs, and Fire/Fire injury

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

This book is not normally my speed. If you love slasher movies and have a high tolerance for gore and violence towards humans and pets alike, pick this book up. 

I somehow managed to hold on through things that normally would have made me put the book down forever and it was so good. One of the most PERFECT uses of second-person I've encountered in a novel; a genius way to incorporate the slasher movie PoV-of-the-killer shots directly into the narrative. I knew it was going to be 5 stars at the ~70% mark when

the goddamn slasher challenges the basketball-loving final girl to a game of basketball because she wants to wreak her in a game of her favorite sport before killing her OMG.

If you can get through the things that start occurring around the 1/3rd point and aren't squeamish about animals dying, you should finish the book - it's totally worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit, Body horror, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Car accident

peachani's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

From start to finish, this book was not what I expected. It's written in a way that I didn't expect from horror--not that I've read much of the genre. For the most part, it added to the cyclical, mysterious feel of the story. Only occasionally did I get confused on timing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, Blood, Death, Car accident, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Body horror, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

devynvictoria's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

klitanightfuryreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Ugh this book… it’s taken me a year to read this book. I would pick it up then back down. It seemed to take forever.

The thing with this book is that it is slow and the way it’s written at the beginning takes a lot of getting used to. 

The first part was slow and agonizing and then you get to a great story and then it gets slow again.  The second half of the book was definitely better and if you can get passed the first half then it is a good story with a very long dragged out ending that honestly just made me wish I had DNF the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Gore, Violence, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Racial slur usage marked minor due to being used primarily in a reclaimed/self-identifying context & written by an author who can appropriately do so; brief discussion of colonisation primarily in referenced historical anecdotes.

erandle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal death, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

I just don’t think horror is my genre…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Stalking, and Violence