Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

7 reviews

ouroborian's review

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Hate crime, Car accident, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Cursing, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Bullying, and Infertility

kveldt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

Despite the prose being overwritten at times, and the amount of violence against women, this book is about nature taking its revenge and breaking intergenerational trauma cycles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder, Torture, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Racial slurs, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Classism, and Abandonment

The subjects of shame towards a parent, murder of indigenous and white women, tensions about interracial relationships, and intergenerational trauma are explored in detail within the text.

reddeddy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Stalking, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

creativeerosion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Stalking, Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Colonisation, Genocide, Addiction, Confinement, and Abandonment

vonny3492's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Gun violence, Suicide, Stalking, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Genocide, Death, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Abandonment

Moderate: War and Colonisation

steviaplath's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Hate crime