Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

274 reviews

cryptid_kt's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Gore, and Animal death

There is a number of dog harm and death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Grief, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Addiction, Colonisation, Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Child death, and Bullying

Minor: Pedophilia and Police brutality

meliemelo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Definitely one of the creepiest and most fascinating novels I have read in a while. I loved so many things about it: how it progressed, the (debatable)"antagonist", the finale, even the ending itself. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes the genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Gore

kayto_couchpotato's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

I originally gave this 4.25 stars, but then found myself thinking about this book and talking about it more than many other books I read this year. It's not stunning literature that will change the world, but the insidious way it burrows into your brain and makes you uncomfortable and on edge is something I have not experienced in a long time. Honestly in such a subtle way the horror of this book snuck up on me. It shocked me the way predictable horror troupes have fallen short of for years now. I appreciate the feeling of being a new, imaginative reader again. That's worth 5 stars and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, Torture, Gore, Stalking, Grief, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Blood

kat_c_h's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

I really struggled to get into this book. I made it about half way through then came back to it almost a year later. As someone that doesn't like sports, I really hated how much basketball scenes there were especially in the first half. In second half, I spead through it and finished it in one sitting. The reflection of general trauma and mistakes impacts every culture differently. I enjoyed the second half of this dark mysterious thriller. I now understand why it was recommended to me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

dfrancis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Alcohol

halierivers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.5

This book was so unique and creepy. I love Native American folktales. They’re some of the spookiest one’s we have and not enough are told authentically or ethically. At times, this book was a challenge. Mostly due to the style of writing (a lot of stream of conscious) which became confusing multiple times.  Also there were a few scenes that started getting really annoying because of how much detail (pages worth) of basketball games in a driveway. On some level, this was important, but I think it would have been improved if those moments were cut down to once or twice. Not every 2 chapters. 

However, the ending saved the 3 star rating. The ending was very satisfying. 

It passes the “stay on the shelf” test. But, I probably won’t be re-reading it for several years. This definitely has gore and very cruel animal abuse for those sensitive to those topics. I had a lot of thoughts throughout this story, both disgust and shock. But in a way this book clearly set out to be with a purpose in mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

lilaceous's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - ⭐️

would read again - 

there were parts of this book and certain writing choices that i didn’t love (for instance, the monster gets pov chapters… and those chapters are not scary…), but overall this is a GREAT story that had me scared often and very invested. i have never anxiously page-turned the way i  did during the climax. my eyes were FLYING over those pages lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racism, Body horror, and Gore

alexfrankfiction's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racism, Animal death, Violence, and Gun violence