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mmccombs's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
2.0
I’m really sad but this collection did nothing for me. I found the writing to be ineffective and a bit forced, and the stories lacked depth and punch. There were some really unnerving/gross/creepy ideas (yuck, spiders! Ah, creepy copy of your kid!) that I think could have worked with a bit more finesse. I also wished that the idea of place was explored a bit more, the intro made me thing that each story was intrinsically linked with Anoka as a town, but in reading the stories they really could have been happening anywhere had the town name not been mentioned. I didn’t see the “history” the author was talking about really until reading his notes afterwards. I think had the collection been more grounded in place/in history, this would have been more successful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, and Vomit
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,
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,
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
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Infidelity, and Vomit
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