Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

74 reviews

calamitydane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

5.0

I love a good anthology and this was a great one. Each story has a different perspective, a different horror, a different voice. Along with monsters, we see real horrors that many Native people deal with. Loved this from start to finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Body horror, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

rosie_elaine's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

I would say some of the stories were interesting, but for the most part when they say dark they mean somewhat graphic abuse. I will say a lot of them were thought provoking, but most of the topics are not things I want to think deeply about. Going in I thought dark would be more spooky. I did not like the book and some of the stories will haunt me, so I guess it achieved its goal of horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

I rarely find anthologies where pretty much all the stories are solid, but this was one. Maybe it was because they were all very short, maybe they were just all written by great authors, but I really enjoyed this anthology. I'm excited to be walking away with a list of new authors to read, as so many of these stories were by folks I've never read before. Definitely a strong and well-curated collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Gore

alienrosey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

WOW. this was so so good. Maybe I like horror books???? Took off half a star since i had to skip one story for graphic r*pe (Sundays by David Heska Wanbli Weiden) so if that’s something you try to avoid, skip that story as well since it’s a major theme and plot point. Definitely check trigger warnings! Such a great mix of supernatural horror and just humans being plain ol horrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Suicide

iszys's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Gore

fawns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, Cannibalism, Animal death, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Rape, Cancer, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

arcticraspberry's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

2,28 star avergae out of 5 for all stories, but I still thoroughly enjoyed getting snippets of various cultures and stories from authors I've never heard of. Personally my top 5, in no particular order is:

• Limbs, Waubeshig Rice
• Kushtuka, Mathilda Zeller
• Hunger, Phoenix Boudreau 
• Collections, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala 
• Before I go, Norris Black

And an honorable mention to Darcie Little Badger, who wrote "The scientist's horror story", because I enjoyed her writing style here as much as I did when I read her book "Elatsoe".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Torture, Rape, Gore, Child abuse, and Death

omarglez's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Racism, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

emilycdennis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Colonisation, Racism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, and Misogyny

lefthandlou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Favorites:
- Navajos Don’t Wear Elk Teeth
- Wingless 
- Before I Go
- Behind Colin’s Eyes
- Scariest Story Ever
- Dead Owls
- Uncle Robert Rides the Lightning 
- The Scientist’s Horror Story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Gore, Racism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse