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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

26 reviews

kkocik's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, and Car accident

amemuuras's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Stalking

peachani's review

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

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

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

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

5.0

My sole critique of this novel is that the switch in perspectives was a bit jarring after such a long time spent in one character's head, but even with that caveat so much else about this book is so well done that it deserves five stars. This is excellently crafted. The last half of the book is so tense and Jones does an excellent job regulating that tension. His characters feel very real and layered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Genocide

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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Hate crime, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Although the beginning and middle were slow at parts, I really enjoyed this book. The descriptions were vivid, especially the scarier parts and I was super into those. I just wish the character scenes weren't so drawn out, cause I found my mind drifting off at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Car accident

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

creativeerosion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Genocide, Car accident, Abandonment, and Colonisation

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Colonisation

steviaplath's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment