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My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

4 reviews

smokeyphynix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

creativeerosion's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mr_cain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Very slow paced in the beginning and too quickly paced at the end. I found the ending kind of confusing and an out of left field plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

naturemamareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

🔪 BOOK REVIEW 🔪

MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW by Stephen Graham Jones

I absolutely fell into this world. I was so absorbed and terrified. To say I finished this book dizzy is an understatement. This is a book hangover on all levels.

Jade is an outsider in her town of well to do yt folx. Surrounded by well meaning teachers and a sherif who thinks she some  poor neglected teen with a dark past, but she’s just really into slasher movies. At least that’s what she tells everyone. I so deeply related to Jade on every level. When I was 17 I was also considered a trouble maker who just “had a lot going on at home”. Jade starts to see happenings around her small town that point to the beginnings of a slasher! Is it real? Or is it all in her head? And who is behind it all? Can she really trust anyone? And why doesn’t anyone believe her?!

Read this if you like:

🔪 Emo girls with soft hearts

🔪 70s and 80s slasher movies

🔪 All the slasher trivia

🔪 Bisexual rep

🔪 Biracial rep

🔪 Twisty plots that you can’t keep up with

🔪 Gore & more gore

🔪 You know everyone is eventually gonna die

🔪 Slow build ups

🔪 Lots of backstory for each person of interest

I’ll definitely be thinking of this one every October! I can’t wait to read more from this author!

#MyHeartIsAChainsaw #StephenGrahamJones

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Cultural appropriation