Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror by Shane Hawk

19 reviews

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

madarauchiha's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨

I wanted to love this. I kinda just liked it instead, with mild hate to 'wounded' for tactless use of csa plot points. I felt at times the writing was a little weak, but when it was good, it dunks your brain into creepy crawly juice. This was fairly heavy on traumatic topics and gross out horror, which I'm not personally keen on. All the same I'd rec this if you want some good indigenous horror.

It was certainly a creepy, freaky, gross, terrifying assortment of tales. My fave was 'Imitate' because I adore a good Changeling story.

◆ Soilborne
minor child death, 
medium body horror, 

◆ Wounded
medium child death, kidnapping, grief, suicide attempt, drug abuse, rape, sexual abuse, pedophilia, csa, blood, religion, gore, unsanitary, 
major alcohol use, underage drinking, 

◆ Orange
medium car crash, death, pregnancy, 
major alcoholism 

◆ Imitate
minor drug use, infidelity, 
major body horror, colonization, anti indigenous racism, gore, body horror, animal death, vomit, gore, death, child death, gun violence, 

◆ Dead America
minor suicide, 
major spiders, body horror, insect horror, unreality, 

◆ Transfigured
major body horror, gore, murder, car crashes, cannibalism, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Infidelity

tdclarkchemb's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Gore

leocancer's review

dark mysterious fast-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: Blood, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism

gay's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

lorie336's review

dark emotional informative 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

4.0

This was a wonderful debut showing a variety of horror and what I truly enjoyed was the story notes on what inspired each story. The rating is due to I want more, I couldn't wait for the next one, although the first story was too short, but each one had its own personality and each story was in the POV of an indigenous person.

Have to say that the last one was kind of my favorite and reminded me of The Children of the Corn. 

Please, pick this up, it was a short, but sweet book of tales and am looking forward to more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Body horror

brokenspine's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It's really hard to rate a collection of short stories. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

leahrosereads's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

What a fantastic collection of short fiction!  These stories were disturbing in the best possible way.   Every single one had me so intrigued and horrified, "flipping" the pages of my e-reader so freaking fast.  If I had to pick favorites, it'd be Imitate and Dead America.  Oh boy were those two just the pinnacle of creepy!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Infidelity, and Vomit

weeziesbooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, and Child death