Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Temporada de Caça by Stephen Graham Jones

180 reviews

bgmylc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

4.0

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones is an Indigenous horror that explores indigeneity, family, friendship, revenge, and guilt as a four men cannot escape a vengeful elk spirit. 

There's so much to say about this book, about the way it challenges stereotypes and explores the line between past and present, justice and revenge, and tackles everyday racism and generational trauma. Jones does an excellent job using perspective and blending realism with horror to pull the reader in. There's some really gruesome scenes that I needed to skim over - this book is unflinching about blood and death. Yes, multiple dogs (and people) die in this book.

I did find a few parts slow and the pacing a bit choppy. There's a lot of details, particularly about basketball near the end. There are also parts that are a bit hard to follow because the blend of reality and magic/horror elements. This is definitely a book to sit down and focus on.

I had a really great conversation with my book club, and I'm so glad we read this for the spooky season.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug abuse

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Excrement, and Vomit

goblintrash's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs

sargasso_c's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

ingridelaine82's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

I had to really push myself to read this book the first half. It could be the writing style or just shifting from another book but I had to read it slowly and reread to understand. Not complex wording just talk to text speech. Once I got through the first half it did seem to get easier to consume.
Story was simple, characters were brief but good. I got a wendigo vibe from it for sure. 
I believe this is a good story for horror readers to branch out into. I did really appreciate the acknowledgement from the reader as there is clearly a whole other world of books by indigenous authors (indigenous comic con?! Yes please!).
Take your time with this one- it’s worth the patience and work for the end. Also, if you like basketball, there’s a lot of love for it here surprisingly 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

ashcrash's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

sooooo fucked up in such a good way. the writing style is AMAZING and works so well in showing you who the characters are and where their heads are at, including and especially when those aren’t good places to be. i do think the last half dragged a bit which broke the tension a bit. overall really good at  bottling that dread and helplessness and despair and rage that the characters are feeling and force feeding it to you. the thread of storytelling throughout is vvv reflective and chefs kiss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Suicide

hmwolf17's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Racism, Suicide, and Colonisation

esparker7's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism