Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

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babyhairs's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

a fascinating, visceral, and spooky horror story. as someone who doesn’t typically read horror, i was surprised to have enjoyed this book. the story reads as a complex slow burn smattered with twisted dreams and a winding plot. i appreciate  that so many references to cree culture were incorporated. 

content warning for depictions of animal harm, blood, and body gore. 
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annes_09's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

Holy fuck man. 
A bone chilling thriller. I couldn't put it down, even when it made me freaked out of my shadows at night. 
But all in all, its a story about family and love and forgiveness. I would recommend to anyone. 

Truly, the only reason I couldn't give it 5 stars is because thrillers aren't my absolute favourite genre. But if they are, you will love it. 
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elysianbud's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I loved this so much. I related so much to the main character, being a native person who used to be around their family all the time, and now only sees them a few times a year. Whenever Mackenzie would talk about her childhood, I just felt so nostalgic. I also love books about grief, because I've experienced a lot of grief. The ending made me cry.
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violetbooklover's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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herelieshenry's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This was simultaneously creepy and chilling... and beautiful and heartwarming. It's a story of a family of strong women getting together and overcoming a creature from indigenous folklore, called a wheetigo, haunting their grieving family. This is one of the first horror books I have read so far that have gripped me in fear enough to not make me want to listen to this at night before I fall asleep, and yet once I started reading, I had a hard time putting it down (I only did out of familial obligations since I read this during a visit to family). The heart of it, though, revolves around strong connection between sisters, aunts, and mothers, working through difficult family conflict and learning to deal with death together. Absolutely recommend.

(I may have knocked half a star because some of the body horror really did turn my stomach to a point where I had to pause so I didn't actually throw up myself. A little too much for me but that might be something another reader would love to pick up.)
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zombiezami's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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eklektikam's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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imscrem's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked this book pretty well until the second to last chapter, which involved a bunch of disgusting body horror. I’m not a fan of gore at the best of times, but I was listening to this audiobook while making my dinner, which…left a bad taste in my mouth.

Besides that, I did enjoy the family and friend dynamics that this book contained. I especially enjoyed the aspects of the book that functioned as more of a supernatural mystery than as gruesome body horror. Fortunately, that *was* the majority of the book.
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