Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Kartographie des Inneren by Stephen Graham Jones

13 reviews

cait's review against another edition

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

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

An example of a great author’s early book, this book is a flawed, but vibe coming-of-age story about the cycle of intergenerational trauma and toxicity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Bullying, Blood, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

Be aware of animal attacks, abuse towards children living with a disability, racism towards First Nations, and epilepsy/seizures.

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Car accident and Child death

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm a huge fan of horror, the type that can handle gore, jumpscares, you name it, yet this book unsettled me EXTREMELY. The ending has left me more confused than any other book has this year. I cannot explain enough how reading this sleep deprived at 2 in the morning has freaked me out. From the beginning, this image of a looming man dressed in full dancing regalia scared me. I imagined the spirit in the shadows, not exactly a man but not something else either. The tension continued to build even when the ghost wasn't present, and I commend Stephen Graham Jones for that. The scariest thing to me turns out to be suspense and this book is overflowing with it. Some of the most unsettling things for me were

the disgusting pulsating nest underneath the house, the image of the father feeding on Dino's energy through his gaping maw, and the scene where those Frankenstein mutts eat him and tear off the regalia that turns out to be a part of his physical body.

Chills. I love reading unreliable narrators, I just didn't expect Junior to be speaking in the past tense. I thought the book would be entirely from a child's perspective. Not a problem just something I was surprised about.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Gaslighting

comrademolly's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

oddreads_nicolestins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

Two words: fever dream! While it was a quick read, I did kind of lose track at the very end- I'm hoping a reread and making more thorough notes of the plot will help me work through the ending.

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!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

random19379's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

jae0141's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Animal death, and Blood

sexualedward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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 against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death and Police brutality