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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

Start date: November 1, 2021

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Feb 10, 2023 Amy rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, rec-ig-blogs-friends-other, rec-currently-reading-podcast, _own-home-library, read-in-2023

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Oct 16, 2020 Netanella rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror, indigenous, 2020-group-reads, 2020-october-reading-challenges, folk-horror

I've read SGJ before - I liked his short stories for Tor.com, but his longer novel Zombie Sharks with Metal Teeth left me cold. I have more to try from this author, and this particular book, which I'm about a 1/3 of the way in, is kicking my ass so far.

I found my favorite passage from the first third, from Lewis' perspective - he's the poor little Injun with the white name who's married to the white girl and seemingly has to apologize for it. He's left the rez, after all.

It’s not like Lewis has ...more

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Jul 18, 2022 Nicole rated it liked it · review of another edition

The Body for a new generation. A horror story where social commentary is underlined in nearly every line.
Stephen Graham Jones's the Only Good Indians is a story about four friends, who all participated in the unsanctioned hunt of some elk as teens. Now, as older men themselves, the past seems to be coming up to haunt them.
Or are they just being paranoid? Ricky dies after sneaking outside a bar. Lewis dies a different way. As the survivors start to put the pieces together they realize THEY are b ...more

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