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waterbear0821 's review for:
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can’t say I enjoyed this book but it was interesting. It made me think, but Stephen Graham Jones’s style is just really challenging. And Jade is an unreliable narrator and not particularly likable or relatable through 90% of the book. I did want to know what was happening and what was going to happen, but it’s a slasher after all, and the payoff is bloody and bleak. I am a casual horror fan, and when I caught an obscure reference, it made it more fun to read, but I’m nowhere on the level to catch all these references.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment