Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

169 reviews

alythebooknerd's review

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Animal death

clrouse's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Classism, Cursing, Mental illness, and Abandonment

shysheepys's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

I love Jade Daniels and I want nothing but the best for her. 
I'm personally not a slasher fan, but I love horror and wrote a few college papers on slasher tropes and the theories behind slashers and why slashers are popular. I loved being able to read this without having to think to hard about the things Jade was talking about, because I already knew them too, and it all made sense. For someone that hadn't done research on slashers, though? I can't imagine them being able to read this easily. 

But anyway, I love Jade Daniels. I love this book. I can't wait to read the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Body horror, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Incest, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Colonisation

jchinzi's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Incest

jahleesu's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Suicide, and Self harm

johoha93's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

caitlyn_rehs's review

challenging dark funny slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The writing was awful. The storyline wasn't too bad but I didn't care for the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Child abuse, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

thndrkat's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Jones is a talented writer but this book was not for me. The lengthy passages of internal dialog got really tiresome and the wrap-up at the end was too easy and didn't make sense to me even in a bizarre slasher universe. Plus I felt like the gritty imagery and meaningful message of the book were fighting with and undercut by its super campy ingredients. It could have been half as long and just as clever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Incest

mlewis's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Xenophobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

swamp_rat's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Rape, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Abortion