A review by vixenreader
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Despite the prose being overwritten at times, and the amount of violence against women, this book is about nature taking its revenge and breaking intergenerational trauma cycles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Abandonment, and Classism

The subjects of shame towards a parent, murder of indigenous and white women, tensions about interracial relationships, and intergenerational trauma are explored in detail within the text.