7k reviews for:

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

Stephen Graham Jones

3.62 AVERAGE

rabies's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

devinjai6655's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion

moheister's review against another edition

1.5

slow-paced

morninglightmountain's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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

jeffbobick's review against another edition

2.0

challenging tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Jade is a tough character to sit with. Her ramblings were too much for me… but the end was a lot of fun.

madsforb00ks's review against another edition

3.0

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The back half of this book doesn’t stop, not even to pee.

bookish_luna's review against another edition

2.75

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aritzl's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

crashjaycintha's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What a genuinely great start to a trilogy, what a memorable protagonist. SGJ does an amazing job of portraying a grisly, madcap adventure through the lens of an incredible well-portrayed at-risk teenager.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Murder

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

ewilliams79's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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