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oddreads_nicolestins's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Overall, I really enjoyed this one and Stephen has wowed me again. If you're into suspense/thrillers that dig deep inside the mind of the mc then this is for you!
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Grief
williamgideon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
First of all, Mapping the Interior is a genius title.
Second of all, this was such a good story! Novellas are very underrated. As someone who is very impatient, I love that the story was quite compact and only kept the things that mattered. It was also super interesting and engaging.
Like The Only Good Indians, this book packs an emotional punch. The child protagonist finding out more about the "ghost dad" paralells the unraveling of the ideas he had about him. It's part of growing up, realizing who your parents are (or were), it's heartbreaking and touching at the same time.
Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent
thebearnest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Gun violence and Ableism
sexualedward's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Sexual content, Colonisation, Addiction, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, and Xenophobia
sofipitch's review
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, and Vomit
Moderate: Child death and Police brutality
anxiousnachos's review
3.0
Content warnings: death of parent, bullying, seizures, animal death, blood and gore, animal cruelty, drowning, body horror, violence, gun violence
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Bullying
laurareads87's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, and Child abuse
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Alcoholism
madarauchiha's review against another edition
- 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
I do love when authors postulate on what ghosts are, why is a haunting, the specific mechanics and impulsion behind why what is lost still lingers. This novella is great, it does that and more, AND in such lovely prose.
minor gun violence, emetophobia,
medium: parental death, smoking tobacco,
major dogs, body horror, unreality, animal death, police,
Graphic: Body horror and Animal death
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Gun violence and Vomit
maryellen's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder