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My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

13 reviews

spacecadelliot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Vomit, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Rape

naturemamareads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

🔪 BOOK REVIEW 🔪

MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW by Stephen Graham Jones

I absolutely fell into this world. I was so absorbed and terrified. To say I finished this book dizzy is an understatement. This is a book hangover on all levels.

Jade is an outsider in her town of well to do yt folx. Surrounded by well meaning teachers and a sherif who thinks she some  poor neglected teen with a dark past, but she’s just really into slasher movies. At least that’s what she tells everyone. I so deeply related to Jade on every level. When I was 17 I was also considered a trouble maker who just “had a lot going on at home”. Jade starts to see happenings around her small town that point to the beginnings of a slasher! Is it real? Or is it all in her head? And who is behind it all? Can she really trust anyone? And why doesn’t anyone believe her?!

Read this if you like:

🔪 Emo girls with soft hearts

🔪 70s and 80s slasher movies

🔪 All the slasher trivia

🔪 Bisexual rep

🔪 Biracial rep

🔪 Twisty plots that you can’t keep up with

🔪 Gore & more gore

🔪 You know everyone is eventually gonna die

🔪 Slow build ups

🔪 Lots of backstory for each person of interest

I’ll definitely be thinking of this one every October! I can’t wait to read more from this author!

#MyHeartIsAChainsaw #StephenGrahamJones

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and Cursing

unphilosophize's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

Going into it, I knew this book probably wasn’t for me bc I’m not a big horror fan. 
I loved the prologue, but I didn’t really enjoy the main plot of the book. I think the parts where they talk about slashers is the strongest part of the book. 
If you don’t like slasher you’ll probably find this book fairly alienating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion