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leannanecdote's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Death, Violence, Colonisation, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Vomit
musicalpopcorn's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
I enjoyed this story. It was spooky and layered. I did find that the book got a bit repetitive with the secret keeping and lying. It kind of felt like MacKenzie and her family had to learn that lesson more than once. Apart from that, the characters were interesting and had a lot of dimensions. I was very intrigued in where the story would go. Nice one for a spooky afternoon read.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Vomit, Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, and Cancer
theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition
- 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
Mackenzie is a young Cree woman who is suddenly able to take things from her dreams and bring them into the waking world. Her dreams are of the past and they are trying to tell her something.
Her best friend encourages her to talk to her family about what she’s going through and after a phone call with one of her aunties she knows she needs to go home.
As Mackenzie starts trying to mend her relationships with her family they all begin to learn they have more in common than they ever realized.
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Vomit, and Animal death
Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Colonisation
alice52's review
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Grief, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Cannibalism
heresyourletter's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
But from the get-go, I was transfixed by Bad Cree. The fast-paced, unceasing tension; the creepy, unsettling dreams; the bonds between the main character and important women and non-binary people in her life — it was all an utter delight (which isn’t normally something I’d say about a horror book!)
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Death
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Grief, Vomit, Gore, and Cursing
Minor: Alcoholism and Cancer
Not as gory as many horror books, since the focus is more on dreams and the supernatural.caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
brotestantethic's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Unfortunately, the strong themes are diminished by poor execution. The pacing is dreadful — there is a long chunk in the middle of preparing for a big fight that is anticlimactic, derivative, and most importantly only a couple pages long. There are also some pretty solid gore scenes, but not enough to classify this as horror. Overall, the plot might have been strong if the writing was not so disappointing.
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
mikki_9's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Racism, Colonisation, Death, Addiction, and Alcohol
biojesspj's review
- 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
4.5
Some parts are a bit gross in body horror ways (that fit the plot without being gratuitous), and there's plenty of suspense and developing mystery without feeling like your being strung along.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Gore, Death, and Body horror
Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism
Crows feature heavily, including a bird attack near the beginning. People have scary near-death experiences in dream states includingalexxrose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Blood and Animal death
Minor: Colonisation, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism