Reviews tagging 'Torture'

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

55 reviews

amrithi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Death

alienrosey's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

WOW. this was so so good. Maybe I like horror books???? Took off half a star since i had to skip one story for graphic r*pe (Sundays by David Heska Wanbli Weiden) so if that’s something you try to avoid, skip that story as well since it’s a major theme and plot point. Definitely check trigger warnings! Such a great mix of supernatural horror and just humans being plain ol horrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Suicide

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A fun read. Informative and scary all at once. And now I have a list of Indigenous authors I want to read more from!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Grief, Torture, Body horror, Car accident, Murder, Death, Animal death, Miscarriage, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Racism, and Rape

arcticraspberry's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

2,28 star avergae out of 5 for all stories, but I still thoroughly enjoyed getting snippets of various cultures and stories from authors I've never heard of. Personally my top 5, in no particular order is:

• Limbs, Waubeshig Rice
• Kushtuka, Mathilda Zeller
• Hunger, Phoenix Boudreau 
• Collections, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala 
• Before I go, Norris Black

And an honorable mention to Darcie Little Badger, who wrote "The scientist's horror story", because I enjoyed her writing style here as much as I did when I read her book "Elatsoe".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Torture, Rape, Gore, Child abuse, and Death

omarglez's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Racism, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

cartermon4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

lefthandlou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Favorites:
- Navajos Don’t Wear Elk Teeth
- Wingless 
- Before I Go
- Behind Colin’s Eyes
- Scariest Story Ever
- Dead Owls
- Uncle Robert Rides the Lightning 
- The Scientist’s Horror Story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Gore, Racism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

elliottjunkyard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Classism, Gore, Torture, Rape, Cannibalism, Genocide, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Body horror, Miscarriage, Colonisation, and Racism

jackireadsthings's review against another edition

Too much gore.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Torture, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Violence

jayla_hh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.75

I need to read all of these authors other works

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault