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A review by sarah984
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
dark
funny
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
5.0
This book was so good, but also very hard to describe. It's probably 60% character study and 40% balls-to-the-wall gorefest slasher, but every element just builds on what came before in a way that wraps up so perfectly. The main character has a great voice, and her essays about slasher films sprinkled through the book were a highlight. I will be thinking about that ending for the rest of my life. Amazing.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, and Vomit
Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Colonisation, and Racial slurs