Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

106 reviews

spatulafish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Gore

Minor: Addiction, Sexism, and Vomit

babyhairs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

a fascinating, visceral, and spooky horror story. as someone who doesn’t typically read horror, i was surprised to have enjoyed this book. the story reads as a complex slow burn smattered with twisted dreams and a winding plot. i appreciate  that so many references to cree culture were incorporated. 

content warning for depictions of animal harm, blood, and body gore. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

ecricket4's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

annes_09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

Holy fuck man. 
A bone chilling thriller. I couldn't put it down, even when it made me freaked out of my shadows at night. 
But all in all, its a story about family and love and forgiveness. I would recommend to anyone. 

Truly, the only reason I couldn't give it 5 stars is because thrillers aren't my absolute favourite genre. But if they are, you will love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racism

pweav's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

I liked this book but the ending felt a bit rushed/anticlimactic - maybe that’s partially because I read it super fast? Feel like it could’ve used more editing but overall a good mystery about grief and loss and family connections and Indigenous North American culture. Loved the aunties so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Colonisation

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this so much. I related so much to the main character, being a native person who used to be around their family all the time, and now only sees them a few times a year. Whenever Mackenzie would talk about her childhood, I just felt so nostalgic. I also love books about grief, because I've experienced a lot of grief. The ending made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Addiction

earthtojazi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

**anxious in a good way!!**
an incredible read! a gripping story on grief thru the lens of indigenous folk horror and it’s amazing from start to finish. if i had a physical copy of this book, and you asked me to highlight/underline all of the banger lines it would be filled to the brim with my fave bright purple highlighter, believe that!
also, this story has such a beautiful conclusion it had me tearing up. this author truly has a way with words and their writing style adds so much! had a great time reading bad cree!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Grief

violetbooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

jenlengland's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Grief