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Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

17 reviews

sbcrra's review

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dark mysterious 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

3.75

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sofipitch's review

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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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kace's review

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

4.75

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anxiousnachos's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

3.0

A very quick, eerie horror novella full of mystery, told from the perspective of a young boy who thinks his father has returned from the dead. Loved the ending, so fucked up. 

Content warnings: death of parent, bullying, seizures, animal death, blood and gore, animal cruelty, drowning, body horror, violence, gun violence 
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laurareads87's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

“I was twelve the first time I saw my dead father cross from the kitchen doorway to the hall that led back to the utility room.”  What an opening sentence.  I was completely hooked from beginning to end. 
This short novella is haunting (in the most literal sense), atmospheric, and pervasively creepy.  Junior is a highly unreliable narrator who is attempting to figure out the presence of his deceased father, in full fancydance regalia, in a home many miles from anywhere his father had lived, all while protecting his younger brother Dino from bullying.  The horror here is not (only) ghostly or supernatural, but rooted in very real societal and familial dynamics as experienced by a twelve year old.  Profoundly disturbing; I was not at all prepared for the ending which, as other reviewers have mentioned, felt like a punch in the gut.  On the basis of Mapping the Interior I will absolutely seek out and read more of Stephen Graham Jones' work.
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nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

TW: Animal violence and death, seizures, gore

Didn’t really feel scary, more eerie. Definitely had goosebumps all over when I got to that scene at the end 👀 
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maryellen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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