Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Temporada de Caça by Stephen Graham Jones

432 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

rockcommander's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

omg. GRIPPING! incredible. gory. really interesting and sad but

with a hopeful ending THANK GOD

. i feel like

there could have been more about gabe and denorah at the beginning to make it more cohesive but it still worked out

. a gorgeous work that i will be thinking about for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, and Violence

omega's review against another edition

Got bored, and never got engaged or intrigued with the story or characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

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

kenziekat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Violence

caseydawn's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

bananavana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mrpetej's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

jbfletcher's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit