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Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror by Shane Hawk

5 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

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: Animal death and Blood

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

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

pine_barren'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: Alcoholism, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

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