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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As always happens when I read Stephen Graham Jones, I could not put this book down. 4 stars because I did find it more difficult to follow than the two other books of his I have read, but this is one I think I could pick up for a second time and understand a lot better!
I loved a lot of this book but some of the execution I did not particularly enjoy. Mainly I just found there to be too many details and it often left me a little confused on the plot/what was going on.
I didn't particularly enjoy the writing of our modern day person-Esty but it wasn't supposed to be excellent anyway I don't think. BUT I loved the way the story concluded with the character - it seemed odd to have so many levels of Good Stab's story to be framed this way but once it is all wrapped up it truly works so well.
What Jones is doing here in his storytelling is pretty remarkable, to use horror and historical fiction to write about the Blackfeet tribe was really affecting. To use a vampire narrative this way I found to be so fun -- although the story itself is not particularly fun of course. Good Stab and Arthur are excellent foils for one another --Arthur first comes off as glutinous but relatively sweet and good natured and by the end of the book feels as though he is a monster -- it really begs the question who is the "savage" (I word I would normally never use but in the context of this point feels appropriate).
I think this will be one that sticks with me. I think it is an excellent piece of literature but I am not sure Jones' style is generally, for me. Perhaps I'll have to try something else and see!
I didn't particularly enjoy the writing of our modern day person-Esty but it wasn't supposed to be excellent anyway I don't think. BUT I loved the way the story concluded with the character - it seemed odd to have so many levels of Good Stab's story to be framed this way but once it is all wrapped up it truly works so well.
What Jones is doing here in his storytelling is pretty remarkable, to use horror and historical fiction to write about the Blackfeet tribe was really affecting. To use a vampire narrative this way I found to be so fun -- although the story itself is not particularly fun of course. Good Stab and Arthur are excellent foils for one another --
I think this will be one that sticks with me. I think it is an excellent piece of literature but I am not sure Jones' style is generally, for me. Perhaps I'll have to try something else and see!