Reviews

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

royalraspberry's review

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

cait's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Dysphoria, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

kirstyreadsblog's review against another edition

3.0

Content warning: abuse, implied rape, death, weird ghost stuff, animal abuse, ableism

A boy can feel a presence in his house, and then he sees the spirit of his father. Weird things start to happen that shouldn't be happening. This is a Native American horror story and it truly freaked me out so it's best not to know too much about it.

I don't really know how to go about writing this review. I am not one for horror, because often I think it's just a silly plot or it's just not scary, but this was.

Continue my review here: https://kirstyreadsblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/mapping-the-interior-by-stephen-graham-jones

yoonka's review against another edition

5.0

My jaw dropped, what an odd fascinatiing story. I think Stephen graham jones is shaping up to be one of my favorite authors.

This novella was abstract, dense, beautiful and captures fatherhood in a way that is nuanced yet devastating.

That ending, I don’t know what to say…. It hurt quite a bit, but I guess junior was always going to be his father’s son..

bookfeast101's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

howkan9's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.25

julia_klimmeck's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

analyticalchaos's review against another edition

4.0

What a heart-wrenching story. Jones excels at creating an ambiance that captures the murky feeling of dreaming and sleepwalking. The grief almost felt tangible, like I could reach through the screen and touch it.

The story is more metaphorical and vague, but I preferred it that way. Jones manages to create a very unique, poignant voice for our protagonist.

whimsicallyjaded's review

4.0

I had to read this for school and UGH it’s so good. PERFECT blend of psychology and English in my opinion. Something I never would’ve even thought to pick up but WOW just so spooky and raw and real and SAD and so so so good

romelgarcia's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0