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Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

22 reviews

beccaburchett's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Alcohol

lizard800's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

Jessica John'sis truly an amazing writer. The way she is able to build a scene and transport the reader is really cool. I could relate to closely to many of the scenes she described (like the aunties all playing cards) and I felt like I literally had to snap out of it when the book continued on because I was so deeply transported back in my memories by the writing.

The book takes a little while to pick up, but when it does you're really in it. I thought the ending was really touching. Definitely reccomend. This book is worth the hype.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

teddie_valetine98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, and Alcohol

leannanecdote's review

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

This book is so beautifully written and deeply haunting. It made my scalp tingle a few times. 

Mackenzie is a young Cree woman who is suddenly able to take things from her dreams and bring them into the waking world. Her dreams are of the past and they are trying to tell her something. 

Her best friend encourages her to talk to her family about what she’s going through and after a phone call with one of her aunties she knows she needs to go home. 

As Mackenzie starts trying to mend her relationships with her family they all begin to learn they have more in common than they ever realized. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Colonisation

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

A book about the powerful elders and Aunties and community connection and the bonds between family and community. This is a beautiful and cryptically dark story about a Grief stricken young Créé Woman haunted by her dead sister, plagued by nightmares and followed by crows. She starts bringing objects from her dreams back to reality with her and she realizes she's in more trouble that she thought. The book is gripping, haunting and layered with connectivity with profound character growth.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

mikki_9's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

alexxrose's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Colonisation

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

taylormoore's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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 and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Colonisation