A review by crafty_goblin
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

In my opinion, The Buffalo Hunter hunter is SGJ's masterpiece. A dark, sometimes funny, sometimes sad and revolting, historical fiction with a dash of supernatural and indigenous folklore. 

I struggled a bit with Good Stab's language at first but once I worked my understanding, I loved it. 

It let you emotionally drained for days. I binged read the book within a day and then had to take a break from reading because I needed time to settled after this beautiful tale. 

The  modern parts with Etsy Beaucarne let me a bit cold and missed the mark with me, but it is a small part at the beginning and at the end so It didn't bother me too much. And I struggled a bit to finish the book after the Narration by Good Stab and the Pastor is done. 

But overall, a great book. One of my favorite by SGJ after The Only Good Indian. I wasn't a big fan of half of his books but litterally loved the second half of the  as some of my favorite books ever, it's definitely a miss or hit with him, so readers might love it completely or hate it. But I really loved this one. 




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