Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

75 reviews

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, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Genocide

corrieroe's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

kitkaty731's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

A grisly parable about inter-generational harm, particularly the harm men can do to women without meaning to. It’s a touch gruesome for me and some parts are hard to get through, but the writing style is vivid and really unique. Im not Native American so I’m sure there’s a lot that went over my head and I can’t speak to, but from an outsider perspective I think it was pretty well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

thereadingmarshmallow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

This book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. The story is riveting. It is so beautifully crafted in its gory glory. The journey it took me on will live on in my mind forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

montybonty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Car accident

borneagainbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

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

sunnydale's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the author really knows what hauntings are about. the characters really came to life, and it was horrifying and heartbreaking to watch them try to outrun the past. some gruesome imagery, but the violence didn't feel gratuitous. i'll be thinking about the ending for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lots of non-sexual violence.

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Pedophilia and Police brutality