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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
2.5

Thank you so much to Saga Press for the complimentary copy of the ebook & ALC!
Thank you so much to S&S Audio & Libro.FM for the ALC!

This book is out now.

This is my first Stephen Graham Jones book and I fear that I think I may have been too dumb for it. I struggled with majority of the book. I don't think that it was anything that author had done. I am not sure what didn't work for me but I just was so confused majority of the time with what was happening. I was in a buddy read and they warned me that it would take a while before things start to click. So I stuck with it and stuck with it and stuck with it and yet I still remained confused. I thought I knew what was happening but ultimately I really didn't. And I wanted to so bad. The Indigenous history that Jones had put in the book is so important, I just wasn't able to comprehend it. Very much could be a Stephanie brain issue as so many people loved the book.

I will say the shining light and what I wish we could have seen more of was the current timeline with Etsy. The publisher provided the audiobook and I loved Marin Ireland's narration! There was extra sound effects that really made her parts come alive at the end. I wish we could've seen more of Etsy throughout the book to break up Good Stab and Arthur Beaucrane parts.

I think if I had a reader's guide as I was reading or was being taught this book as I was reading, I would have been able to enjoy it more.

I recommend checking out other reviews because I know they will talk about how stellar of a book this is and better reasons why you should read this.