babyfacedoldsoul 's review for:

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this book. I'm glad I listened to SGJ talk about it on Talking Scared first so I knew going in that the writing style would be a challenge. It is absolutely worth sticking around for. The writing is poignant and heart breaking at times with some truly visceral scenes. I didn't care for the academic 2012 bits on either end, but the more I think about them the more I see their place. 
Weasel Plume forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault