The Only Good Indians: A Novel
From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.
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4 stars for being the absolute strangest horror concept I've ever read. I really did not know how to feel for the entire book.
But let me tell you, imagining a woman with an elk head morphing back and forth was sufficiently creepy enough to keep me reading.
But let me tell you, imagining a woman with an elk head morphing back and forth was sufficiently creepy enough to keep me reading.
Wow! Chilling tale.
Four Native Americans massacre elk in an illegal hunt and in the process also kill an unborn elk calf.
Ten years later they are being hunted by some unknown entity hellbent on revenge.
Do these men deserve what happens to them? Maybe? The four men could be any man who kills just for the heck of it. They did not give any thought as to if it was okay to kill those elk. They killed the elk because they could.
Four Native Americans massacre elk in an illegal hunt and in the process also kill an unborn elk calf.
Ten years later they are being hunted by some unknown entity hellbent on revenge.
Do these men deserve what happens to them? Maybe? The four men could be any man who kills just for the heck of it. They did not give any thought as to if it was okay to kill those elk. They killed the elk because they could.
senationally wicked.
while he is a very powerful Storyteller I have listened to two of his books and I have read several other of his books they are really good I I can believe how he brings it all together into this weird twist Wicked way but he does you got to read one of his books this is one that is darn good
while he is a very powerful Storyteller I have listened to two of his books and I have read several other of his books they are really good I I can believe how he brings it all together into this weird twist Wicked way but he does you got to read one of his books this is one that is darn good
Fantastic book. The introduction really puzzles you enough to pull you in, and the first long perspective is a dread-inducing slowburn that lasts just long enough and gives you just enough answers to want more before it spirals out in an explosive finish. My only issue is that the ending drags, especially after what's perhaps the most intense scene in the book, but I feel like Stephen Graham Jones might have a problem with actually closing out his stories. That being said, I loved it. Loved every minute except for the last 10, but if you drop down to "that was pretty good" you've still got me.
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