VBC: My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Lori’s review from 2021: My Heart is a Chainsaw is now out in paperback!
Lori, our resident horror reader, writes, “After selecting The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones as my favorite last year, I was shocked to find his newest book on the top of my list for Halloween.
The Only Good Indians was really dark and disturbing as it addressed the traditions and modern-day impediments of Indigenous people. My Heart is a Chainsaw also addresses the racism towards Indigenous people, but it is funny, and brought out the horror film geek in me. It references 154 films, the majority of which are slasher films. I’ve got a list if anyone wants to see if they got them all!
Five stars for fun and gore! This book is a love letter to slasher films of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Our heroine, a half-Indigenous outcast in her town, uses her encyclopedic knowledge of these films to predict how things will turn out when bodies start turning up. Pop a bowl of popcorn and enjoy the story and all the references to one of horror’s best sub-genres. Wildly, wildly entertaining!”
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- Survive the Night by Riley Sager
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- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
- Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
- The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
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