Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

50 reviews

sassysophie's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

mandi7mm's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mxpk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

rosie_elaine's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

I would say some of the stories were interesting, but for the most part when they say dark they mean somewhat graphic abuse. I will say a lot of them were thought provoking, but most of the topics are not things I want to think deeply about. Going in I thought dark would be more spooky. I did not like the book and some of the stories will haunt me, so I guess it achieved its goal of horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment

fawns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Colonisation

eclecticreadswithash's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fancy a short story collection that's a little bit different? Look no further! 

Never Whistle at Night includes stories from indigenous authors from all over the U.S. and Canada. These stories are definitely more "dark fiction" than horror, where they often cover topics related to everyday tragedies and generational trauma that indigenous people face in modern times, such as residential schools, foster family abuse, and racism. Only a couple of stories are more mythological. It was addressed right at the beginning in the forward that Native Americans experience real horror in the everyday, and that can be scarier than anything made up. 

I really appreciated the variety of stories shared and the showcase of authors from so many different tribes. Despite this, there are many similar themes. Indigenous peoples have suffered. And they continue to do so, no matter where they are. And that's not okay! This is a really interesting way to bring attention to indigenous issues and culture. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I rarely read short story collections. If you don't mind a bit of spooky or uneasy/uncomfortable topics, I would really recommend this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abortion

emilycdennis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

imadeyouacookie's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Thought it would mostly be folklore or myths of indigenous peoples, instead, mostly just stories of horrible things that happened to people 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

cerasaurusrex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

shadowwolf1404's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization