Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Temporada de Caça by Stephen Graham Jones

243 reviews

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

laurarmz's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

For a horror book, it took me an awfully long time to finish it. The thing is, I was about 35% into de book when I was first hooked. And then there were whole-ass chapters about stuff I didn’t care about up until 70% and the last bit was just too long. 

I cannot say it enough times, the pacing wasn’t right for me; or maybe it was the writing style, which made me go back and check what the fuck I was reading because some sentences didn’t make all the sense in the world and digressing just distracted me; or maybe it was the fact that I didn’t care about the characters because their whole personalities seemed to be based off on being “Indian”; or maybe it was the non-structured switch in povs because the Elk’s version was awesome but it just changed too quickly to tell what was happening. 

I didn’t have any expectations going in, so I’m not suuuuper disappointed. But I certainly need another horror book to clean out the bad aftertaste this one left. 

Gorey descriptions were really cool tho, and the way characters turned on one another actually managed to creep me out, so kudos for that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

clrouse's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

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

ttben10's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book got me out of my reading slump! I was pleasantly surprised by how much i enjoyed it because of my extreme dislike for “My Heart is a Chainsaw”, i assumed i just did not care for Stephen’s writing style but “The Only Good Indians” did not have the same flaws. Pacing is  a bit slow in the beginning and once the first part is over, the switch is a little poorly done and makes you do a puzzle to try to understand where exactly you stand and what’s going on. There are some truly disturbing scenes, SGJ does a great job at painting the picture and it makes for a cinematic read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Racism

whybeereads's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

Couldn't put this one down. An absolutely harrowing tale of vicious revenge and trauma cycles. An ending so perfect and emotional that I am devastated, absolutely devastated. 

Perfect for fans of horror, both classic and modern. Skillful use of conventions without slipping into cliche, more a respectful nod to the history of a genre that Jones is clearly a fan of as well as contributor to.

I often struggle to write 5 star reviews, words feel inadequate, but please take my speechlessness as the highest endorsement I'm capable of giving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Racism, and Violence

sunsetsyd's review against another edition

The writing style just wasn't for me, unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

taratearex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was so great, it had me staying up late wanting to just keep reading and also scared I was going to have nightmares and wishing I hadn't read it at night. It's legit very scary, so creepy and chilling, and the way he drags out a scene that you know is just going to explode is such torture (complimentary). There are many threads being woven through this story and many POV's, I doubled back a few times to make sure I was grasping things, he's dropping hints and references throughout, it's worth it to stop and try to get your bearings, slow down and sink into the story. I can see how people could get lost if you're sort of passively engaging with this or aren't into trying to weave together all the pieces. I honestly can't wait for a reread. I will say the gore is hard to stomach at times and if you're at all sensitive to pet death this may not be the one for you, the descriptions can be brutal! (I know, I know I'm reading horror, but I block gore with my hands when I'm watching TV lol)

CW: racism, violence/murder/death of humans and animals (dogs, elk), very descriptive gore, hunting, alcoholism, parent death, child death, hate crime 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

gracecrandall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime

More on the hate crime trigger tag

the book opens with a man dying at the hands of a small mob, mostly racially motivated. The actual violence isn't described, but the potential for it is gone over in the character's mind several times in the scene. There are other parts of the book where hate crimes of varying intensity against indigenous people are mentioned or talked about as normal occurances.