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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

19 reviews

writerkit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and Colonisation

oyonok's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

boglord's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

I've learned more about basketball from this book than I ever had in my entire life. I'm pretty sure watching several basketball games wouldn't teach me this much about basketball. How correct this information is, I don't know, but Jones must have a lot of love for it to be mentioned so often. So, if you're a basketball fan and a horror fan, this book was probably made for you specifically. Not that any of this is bad. The focus has its purpose and serves it very well to the end.

A few times, I felt like the book wasn't scary to me. Body horror, paranoia, animal mutilation, been there, done that. Each and every time, after I got comfortable, I'd be thrown off with a punch. And I loved it! Books that make me forget I'm reading a horror book add so much more to the horror. If I'm scared and nervous all the time, the effect will wear off too soon. I've never read a horror story like this either, giving my favorite horror tropes a new twist. If you like body horror mixed with animals, give this book a look.

Reading this book with my friend (who doesn't consume much horror) made the experience so much more enjoyable. We pointed out our ideas on how the book would go, the meanings within the book, and our responses to each scene. I'm excited to go through the Reader's Group Guide with her.

Additionally, Big props to Shaun Taylor-Corbett for such a good audiobook performance. It got to the point where I preferred reading along with the audiobook to reading the book without it. His ability to change his intonation for each character is something to admire. The more I listen to good audiobook performances, the more I wonder what kind of training goes into it. For Taylor-Corbett, his experience as an actor—I actually recognized his voice from the musical In the Heights—must have helped a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Alcohol

powellki's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.25

Too descriptive of the gore from injuries, too many unnecessary deaths. I wanted to enjoy this book but all it did was read like a snuff film (book) where everyone dies for the sake of dying. Yes, there was a vengeful spirit, yes there was a few interesting things, but honestly, if you don't enjoy hardcore gore and horror, stay away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

mar's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

i spent a Lot of this book with my hand over my mouth whispering "oh no" to myself. delicious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse and Miscarriage

kamreadsandrecs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

While The Only Good Indians turns an excellent spotlight on the themes I’ve mentioned, I do find myself wishing that some thought had been given to the theme of feminism in the context of the American Indian experience, both past and present. While the fact that the Final Girl is a daughter of one of the four who participated in the instigating event says some very interesting things about generational guilt and how young women tend to pay the price and bear the consequences of it, I think it would have been nice to get a little more development for the killer - who is, in fact, a woman. The importance of this is difficult to explain in full, given that to do so would require diving into spoilers, but suffice to say that I wish more time had been devoted to really fleshing her out as a character - though I suspect that, given her nature, there is only so much characterisation that can actually be done, and Jones has done what he can without sacrificing the other aspects that make this novel such a good read.

Full review here: https://wp.me/p21txV-J9

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality