“What I am is the Indian who can’t die. I’m the worst dream America ever had.”

I absolutely LOVED this. Gothic horror is my favorite genre. Dracula is one of my favorite books of all time. This story feels a lot like Dracula, if Dracula took place in the American frontier. It’s even written in diary passages the way that Dracula was. Imagine your worst vampire nightmare come to life in the wild Wild West.

But if that’s not good enough, it’s also a story about so much more. It has themes of self discovery, forgiveness, revenge, loss, racism, imperialism, all told from the perspective of a Native American. I loved seeing all the beautiful native language that was used and to see such a terrible time period retold from the point of view of the victims.

The characters were so layered and tragic. I hated and loved every single one of them. Even the most evil had some redeeming qualities. It makes you wonder how far you would go to save your family from starving or freezing to death.

Jones is an absolute gem on an author and will forever be on my “automatic read” list.

I had the absolutely pleasure to travel to the Black Hills last year and I was able to visit the Native American Indian museum at Crazy Horse mountain. It was a humbling experience to witness the horrors that we committed on both the buffalo and the Indians and then to see wild buffalo back on the wild prairie in Custer state park.

This is not an easy read. The prose and style is quite advanced, but if you’re an American into horror, check it out!

I would recommend this for everyone. It’s bloody and gruesome, but its such an important reminder about a part of American history that we are so quick to forget.