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Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

19 reviews

claireparlee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

In the second/third act of the book (I’m not sure) I was so absorbed. Once things all start coming together you can’t pull yourself away from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

You may not expect it but there is some pretty intense horror and body horror if you’re super weak stomached

displacedcactus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

This is a moody, atmospheric, story of sisterhood, family, and loss. It's definitely a horror story. I wasn't scared reading it, because as a reader I have distance from the events, but I could believe that it was scary for the characters to experience. As a reader, there was more of a sense of sadness and mystery. There are a couple of moments of gore, but I didn't feel that it went excessively for the gross-out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Death and Animal death

directorpurry's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

magmck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Cancer, Cannibalism, Violence, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

 This was an incredibly strong debut for Jessica Johns, and I think she'll be on the literary scene for a long time to come. This story was well-developed and interesting and honestly creepy at times. Johns created a mysterious atmosphere without forcing it and it really paid off. All of the characters felt like real people, with just enough development that I cared about them, without it being an info overload.

My only real qualm was that at times the pacing felt off and things seemed a bit repetitive. However, the rest of the book more than made up for these minor shortfalls. I'm so glad to have come across Johns and I'm already looking forward to more from her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, and Cancer

Minor: Kidnapping

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

jess_d84's review

challenging dark mysterious 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Racism

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

dark sad

4.25

You know you’re reading an excellent horror novel when you have nightmares after reading the first 30 pages. This was both thoroughly haunting and creepy but also a very sad and moving portrayal of a family trying to heal from the deaths of two of their members. 

Content warnings: Graphic depictions of body horror, blood and gore, cannibalism, violence, grief 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer

illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

I was so happy when I saw this was finally off the 7-day check out shelf at the library! I tore through this book and read it in 2 nights (~6ish hours total read time)

Bad Cree follows Mackenzie, a Cree 20-something who is having strange dreams and is being followed by a murder of crows.

It is a story about family, grief, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. The novel is packed to the brim with legends and folklore, family, and a creeping sense of dread. Also, to my knowledge, not a single line in this novel is said by a man.

My biggest qualm with this book is the ending. I liked the way it ended, but the ending felt like it came up quickly and the final scenes were really short compared to the rest of the book.

4.5/5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gore