Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

103 reviews

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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pweav's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

I liked this book but the ending felt a bit rushed/anticlimactic - maybe that’s partially because I read it super fast? Feel like it could’ve used more editing but overall a good mystery about grief and loss and family connections and Indigenous North American culture. Loved the aunties so much.
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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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earthtojazi's review against another edition

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

3.75

**anxious in a good way!!**
an incredible read! a gripping story on grief thru the lens of indigenous folk horror and it’s amazing from start to finish. if i had a physical copy of this book, and you asked me to highlight/underline all of the banger lines it would be filled to the brim with my fave bright purple highlighter, believe that!
also, this story has such a beautiful conclusion it had me tearing up. this author truly has a way with words and their writing style adds so much! had a great time reading bad cree!
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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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jenlengland's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

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thegayestghost's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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nathan_ryan's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

I really enjoyed this book. Been in a bit of a reading slump but this was so intriguing I had to push through, and I’m glad I did. Very mysterious and tense story. I will say the ending felt a little rushed. I feel like the
fight with the wheetigo
could have been longer and more detailed. But otherwise very exciting story. 
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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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