Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

8 reviews

royalraspberry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Child death

bdingz's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death and Bullying

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

An example of a great author’s early book, this book is a flawed, but vibe coming-of-age story about the cycle of intergenerational trauma and toxicity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Bullying, Blood, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

Be aware of animal attacks, abuse towards children living with a disability, racism towards First Nations, and epilepsy/seizures.

devynvictoria's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

5.0

Wow. I flew through this, I couldn’t put it down. The ending was such a gut punch, I’m still thinking about it twelve hours later. It seems like every SGJ book I read I like better than the last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Bullying, Death, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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 death, Blood, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Car accident and Child death

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

A short story that dives into the horror of dealing with intergenerational trauma, specifically what happens when you're not quite able to get away from replicating the pain that the people before you caused. I think it's interesting the way it shows that the replication of that pain can come from a place of love and devotion, and that it's not just active malice. I love Jones' writing in general, and I feel like this is one of his stronger novellas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Body horror

mollybrooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a good psychological horror, I couldn't tell if everything that was happening was real or just in the MC's head. The ending didn't seem to contradict that reading either. Honestly if this were a movie I might have to google "ending explained" lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death and Police brutality