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The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

53 reviews

aiden_mr2's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

A fitting end to an incredible series 
I’ve never cried so much for a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

augustaholyfield's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Classism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

I get that this book is a metaphor, but I couldn’t get past the plot itself. I feel like I suffered through three books because of a false promise that my life would be altered for the effort. It was nice to see Jade grow up, but really, a last resort kind of book for me - to be read if there’s nothing left to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

hannahspence's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

rachelha's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.5

An excellent ending to this trilogy. All three books analyze a different part of the slasher formula, book 1 being the final girl, book 2 the slasher and their motivations. Now this one analyzes the endings. At one point it's mentioned that slashers are conservative in genre in that the goal is often to return to how it was in the beginning. That is what a lot of this book is in conversation with, is this really the only ending?
The other strength of this book is Jade's voice, as always. The downside is potentially how little is added to the world and story, this truly wraps up the last two books, doesn't contribute much that's new

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia

ehmannky'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

I think this might be one of the best conclusions to a trilogy that has ever existed. The incorporation of horror rules (the Scream 3 rules are references explicitly by characters), the emphasis that the Final Girl does not exist without a community and family supporting her, the idea that to truly cure what ails a toxic society requires you to go and right the original wrong that was committed there and that the original wrong is violence against Native people, specifically Native women...everything is flawlessly done. The prose is beautiful, I was so invested in the characters... truly one of the best endings of a trilogy I could imagine. It is ridiculously violent, with so many deaths that are pointless in that if the characters had just listened or been more careful, they would have lived, but again serve to emphasize the point of a toxic culture leading to more and more easily avoidable deaths. 

 

It has been a while since a character's death hit me so hard, but Banner's had me spiraling in the kitchen at 11:30 p.m. I was so, so sad about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, and Self harm

zelephante's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

browneyesblue84's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

The angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones is my least favorite book of 2024 so far. The reason is because they were moments when it felt like a sure to read it. This book is a part of a trilogy. The first two books have a slow pace, but the payoff in the end is worth it. Unfortunately, this book starts off well and then drags on in the middle. Goal of reading this book was to see how it was going to end. Now that I read the ending I’m just disappointed. Jade Daniels is a character who grew on me, but it felt at times her narration rambled on and on and on. In the previous books, jades narration did not go off in tangents. I rated this book 3 stars out of five because I gave it a try, but unfortunately, the ending did not satisfy me because it felt anticlimactic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death