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Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror by Shane Hawk

6 reviews

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Drug use

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

aubzilla's review

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Body horror, Murder, Child death, Addiction, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

krys_kilz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

I do not read a lot of horror, so I don't have much to compare this collection to. I did find a lot of the stories creepy and unsettling, but they lacked any real punch that would make me gasp or check under my bed before going to sleep.

This collection also claimed to be firmly rooted in place/history, but I really did not get that from reading it. It could have been set almost anywhere, which felt disappointing to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and 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

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