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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

February 6, 2021 by bonnie 4 Comments

THIS BOOK IS BONKERS. My husband had so much fun watching me read it, especially when a Part would come up that made me shout “Oh, no!” or give a start at something that had just unfolded. I texted my sister throughout with many exclamations or observations. I noted that this book reminded me a LOT of Jordan Peele’s movies or Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. I’m not a usual fan of horror, but this book compelled me from beginning to end. I’m not going to say […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: bonnie, Native American, Native American Literature, Stephen Graham Jones

bonnie's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Horror · Tags: bonnie, Native American, Native American Literature, Stephen Graham Jones ·
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Started November 12th. Finished January 12th. The breaks in reading were NECESSARY

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

January 12, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 7 Comments

…but the journey was worth it. This book is brutal. If you are sensitive at all to suffering- be it human, animal, generational, cultural- turn away now and do not look back. Four Blackfeet men engage in a bit of last-minute less-than-legal Elk hunting the weekend before Thanksgiving. What happens that day never really leaves them, but what they left behind comes rocketing back into their lives 10 years later. The 10 years since that day have not been easy; the men are plagued by […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: American Indian, audio, blackfeet, book riot read harder challenge, cultural identity, folklore, generational trauma, gore, graphic violence, legend, murder, native voices, Own voices, paranormal, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Stephen Graham Jones, supernatural, survival, thriller, tradition

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: American Indian, audio, blackfeet, book riot read harder challenge, cultural identity, folklore, generational trauma, gore, graphic violence, legend, murder, native voices, Own voices, paranormal, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Stephen Graham Jones, supernatural, survival, thriller, tradition ·
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