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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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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.
This book pulled at the heart strings, made me rage for the characters, and was horrific in all the right places. At the end of each part I was left feeling an adrenaline rush from all the action. It's a slow pace up until the end of each part, and as you go through the book you feel it coming each time. I got lost by the writing a few times and would have to re-read some sections, and I'm not a sports person so I couldn't follow the basketball play by plays but I understood the gyst of what was happening by the character's reactions. Overall a well paced horror novel about vengeance- an eye for an eye.
DNF at page 50. I really wanted to love this book. The writing style just didn’t work for me. The narrative is intentionally disjointed and very stream-of-consciousness with drawn-out inner monologues. I found the prose clunky and hard to follow, which pulled me out of the story. Just as the past events on the reservation were about to be revealed, I didn't care.
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