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Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

6 reviews

naked_ryan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

I really enjoyed this book. Been in a bit of a reading slump but this was so intriguing I had to push through, and I’m glad I did. Very mysterious and tense story. I will say the ending felt a little rushed. I feel like the

fight with the wheetigo

could have been longer and more detailed. But otherwise very exciting story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Car accident

zombiezami's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

beccaburchett's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Alcohol

mollymisek's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

This ends up being equal parts chilling and heartwarming, but the heartwarming bits take awhile to surface. I especially loved the Auntie characters and the focus on estrangement / reuniting with family after loss. Johns could have leaned harder into some of the horror aspects, but this is definitely approachable for those who wouldn’t always veer toward scary stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

mar's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

crying...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Racism, and Car accident

annemaries_shelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Bad Cree was a very anticipated book for me and it didn't disappoint. It's a solid debut that explores family, grief, and the importance of dreams. Johns spends a lot of time expanding on our main character's sense of her place within her family and the burden Mackenzie imagines she is to them at times. I loved the sister/cousin and auntie/niece dynamics and how they manage to reconcile and grow stronger and learn to rely on each other once more. There's a lot about grief here - and how one handles grief, that I thought was well done but could've gone deeper. 

The dreams - and their power - were some of my favourite parts. Beyond exploring the importance of dreams to Cree people, Johns effectively used them to up the tension for the reader as she brought the plot to a climax and resolution.

I would classify this is a literary genre novel with horror elements, grounded in Cree worldviews.
For those interested in LGBTQIA+ rep, there a minor character who uses they/them pronouns (so I assume they're nonbinary) and one of the MC's close relatives is either bi/pan as they have dated men and women. 

Overall, a solid debut and I'd love to read more of her future works.

I predicted that it would be a wendigo - or wheetigo per the book's spelling - but it was still a satisfying reveal and resolution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident