The Only Good Indians
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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Readers say *The Only Good Indians* is a chilling, intense horror novel blending cultural themes with slasher elements and surreal imagery. Reviewers ...
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.
Wow! Remarkable writing. This is what horror is made of!! Can’t believe I haven’t read it sooner. I was shocked throughout the entire book. The Indian history and culture scattered throughout this gut wrenching tale was so interesting. What a dreadful book, in the best of ways.Gory, shocking and horrific.
Elk head women goes on a killing spree because this group of Blackfeet Indians killed her doe and she comes back to pick them off one by one. Deborah in the end, was the only good Indian. Must read. Masterful.
There is so much about this book I loved. The storyline is perfect: eerie, haunting, unexpected. I'm not sure that a book can have jump scares, but this came close at times. There are no one-dimensional characters. The glimpse Stephen Graham Jones offers of modern life for Blackfeet Indians adds refreshing new perspectives to an often-tired genre.
There were large sections of the book that I'd give 5-stars to, but there were others (for example, very, very lengthy descriptions of basketball plays) that were hard to connect to and seemed not to add anything to the story. I did enjoy the slow burn of the pacing overall, but it did feel that some of the narrative only served to pause the story's forward movement without offering anything of substance.
I'm giving this a high 3, because I did struggle to stick with the story during some of those sections, but when it was good, it was SO GOOD. Definitely recommend to literary horror lovers.
There were large sections of the book that I'd give 5-stars to, but there were others (for example, very, very lengthy descriptions of basketball plays) that were hard to connect to and seemed not to add anything to the story. I did enjoy the slow burn of the pacing overall, but it did feel that some of the narrative only served to pause the story's forward movement without offering anything of substance.
I'm giving this a high 3, because I did struggle to stick with the story during some of those sections, but when it was good, it was SO GOOD. Definitely recommend to literary horror lovers.
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