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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

19 reviews

ashthecryptid's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcohol, Body horror, Colonisation, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, and Animal cruelty

shysheepys's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Abortion, Colonisation, Death, Child death, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Blood

tifftastic87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I struggled in the beginning with this book, the writing style was different than everything I've ever read. At first it felt like the narrator wasnt sure what they were trying to say, and that was off putting but then I realized it was purposeful. Everyone in this story, except for Denorah, is an unreliable narrator. Every part not from her perspective is written in that way. Her parts are smooth and easy. Everyone else's a little choppy, a little distracted, a little unsure. Once I got the hang of it, it was better. 

Each character's voice was unique. The story was nothing that I've ever read and it was dark as anything. I was not prepared for so much death. I'm going with a 4 only because the writing style was so hard. I found skipping to the second person for stuff in the second act (don't wanna spoil) to be really rough and kind of jarring. 

I do really like how important Denorah, the fourteen-year-old daughter of one of the originally introduced characters became. I liked following the plot through characters so that it felt character driven but still moved by the plot. 

I'll definitely be reading this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Classism, Bullying, Hate crime, Sexism, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Drug use, and Drug abuse

pipbiz's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Racism, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

cviii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-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: Colonisation, Death of parent, Hate crime, Murder, Animal death, Death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Classism, Gore, Stalking, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Genocide

dayslife143's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Make sure you check the content warnings for this book! The first 3rd of the book was really hard to read because its very dark and I wasn't prepared for it. However overall the story is really good and if you are in the right head space worth a read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Gore

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug use

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Racism, Stalking, and Vomit

zombiezami's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

Haunting. Very violent. I loved the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Animal death, Gore, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Minor: Colonisation and Genocide

planetaryrings's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Fuckin delicious 😌 Absolutely incredible. 

The use of voice, pacing, narrative, it all is just so good. The context builds up bit by bit, the plot just keeps getting more intricate and JUICY. I've never read horror in this character-heavy casual tone before, and it was such a treat. 

Lots of gore, lots of modern indegenous insight, lots of anticipation and yummy twists. Can't recommend it enough if it's up your alley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Suicide