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The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

3 reviews

hydecircus's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm going to miss Jade forever she truely is one of the best protagonists in the world to me. I know "we can't pick our genre" but I am sad she and Letha didn't get together, but at least we got confirmation that Jade is into women and honestly who knows what the future holds for them... But God. What a final installment. I love how well this book balances so many different types of killers at once and yet ties it all together in the end... Oh Jade... I'll miss you forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Alcohol, Colonisation, Grief, Incest, and Car accident

annact's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

5.0

This book, despite its horror, is a love letter.

It is a love letter to being alive. A love letter to finding people that make it feel worth it. A love letter to fighting for them, but also fighting for yourself. To finally, finally fighting for yourself. A love letter to surviving despite how much the world doesn't want you to. To standing up when it knocks you down, and saying, "not this day". A love letter to surviving despite how much you don't want you to. To putting down the knife. To having a friend who loves you enough to hold you to their chest, to not let you sink under the weight of the world, to not let you betray yourself with your own hand. A love letter to living, not just surviving. To building a life. 

A love letter to Jade fucking Daniels, the angel of Indian Lake. Jade Daniels, the final girl. Jade Daniels, who survived despite it all, not out of luck, but sheer determination and force of will. 

Jade is probably my favorite character of all time. Thank you, Stephen. This was a fitting ending to a series that started my heart like the chainsaw it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia and Animal death

Minor: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Rape, Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Sexual assault

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Racism, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Classism, Torture, and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Genocide, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Car accident, Excrement, Alcohol, Confinement, Sexual assault, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abandonment, and Ableism