Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Jedyni dobrzy Indianie by Stephen Graham Jones

250 reviews

weatherd'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism

zoerose02's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Animal death, and Body horror

yvo_about_books's review against another edition

2.25

Finished reading: December 27th 2023

“When the whole world hurts, you bite it. Don't you?”

WARNING: it's unpopular opinion time again!!

I should have known this would happen. I've come to the conclusion that literary fiction just isn't for me, although there have been exceptions in the past... I guess this story ended up being another nail in the coffin of this subgenre though. Don't get me wrong: I was SO intrigued by the premise of The Only Good Indians, and I loved the social commentary and own voices Native American aspect. This is probably the only reason I kept reading, because I had a very BIG issue with this book. There was just something about the writing style I clashed horribly with, and I was only feeling more annoyed and frustrated with each page... Add the often slow pace and confusing POV and timeline switches, and let's just say that I wasn't really motivated to continue reading The Only Good Indians. I even put it on hold twice to see if that would help... But in the end I simply don't think I'm a good match for his author's writing style. That said, I also struggled with the characters themselves, which felt rather flat and were both unlikeable and easy to mix up. Things also get pretty graphic with lots of focus on violence, hunting and animal cruelty... I usually don't mind a more twisted plot, but there was a bit too much focus on the animal cruelty to my taste. Anyhow, I guess that The Only Good Indians is just one of those books that you either absolutely love or struggle to finish... Sadly, I ended up belonging to the second group, and I confess that I caught myself skimreading more than once. It's such shame, because I really wanted to love this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Addiction, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Stalking, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

itshrewsbury's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Alcoholism, and Body horror

grace_b_3's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, and Gore

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

bxnnny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

this was a bit of a challenge for me, particularly in the beginning. i found the writing in the beginning hard to follow with a lot of run-on sentences and just confusing wording. there was also a lot of very descriptive body horror, gore, and particularly hard to read animal death that made me seriously question if i wanted to continue reading or not - or if i even could bring myself to. ultimately, though, i pushed through and found the story to be a compelling one of revenge, grief, and the tale as old as time: what goes around, comes back around. again and again and again. i don't think this one was totally for me though, but the concept was there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

very descriptive body horror, gore, and a whole lot of animal death!!!

folst015's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Murder

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

maryfranvs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Gore, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Blood