Bad Cree
Ratings20
Average rating3.8
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Ratings20
Average rating3.8
When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow’s head in her hands, she panics. Only moments earlier she had been fending off masses of birds in a snow-covered forest. In bed, when she blinks, the head disappears.
Night after night, Mackenzie’s dreams return her to a memory from before her sister Sabrina’s untimely death: a weekend at the family’s lakefront campsite, long obscured by a fog of guilt. But when the waking world starts closing in, too—a murder of crows stalks her every move around the city, she wakes up from a dream of drowning throwing up water, and gets threatening text messages from someone claiming to be Sabrina—Mackenzie knows this is more than she can handle alone.
Traveling north to her rural hometown in Alberta, she finds her family still steeped in the same grief that she ran away to Vancouver to escape. They welcome her back, but their shaky reunion only seems to intensify her dreams—and make them more dangerous.
What really happened that night at the lake, and what did it have to do with Sabrina’s death? Only a bad Cree would put their family at risk, but what if whatever has been calling Mackenzie home was already inside?
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I really enjoyed the story and found that the characters seemed very real and compelling. The way the scenery was described was perfect too, just enough that you get a clear sense of what the space looks like but not so verbose as to become droning.
I wasn't too keen on the pacing however, something about it made the book seem much longer than it actually was. I say that but I would have liked to get other characters' point of view or maybe just to spend more time with them so really take that part of my review with a grain of salt.
Do yourself a favor and read this book! Dealing with the grief from the death of a grandmother and a sister, the main character is called back home to face the source of some very strange dreams. This book is haunting and I never wanted it to end! I look forward to reading whatever Jessica comes out with next.
Good book, I loved the over arching story, was a little slow in some spots but pretty dang good for a debut novel and I really do hope she writes more. If you love horror or suspense themed around the cultural stories of POC this book delivers! The characters are super relatable and the story is while being horror is also a beautiful story about grief and love.
Great spooky vibes! It happened to be available from the library during my folk horror movie streak so it complemented my movie activity.
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