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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland, Owen Teale
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians is a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.

A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran Pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits. This is an American Indian revenge story written by one of the new masters of horror, Stephen Graham Jones.

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This book is incredible...

not completely finished, yet, but listening off and on all day today... incredibly engrossing and full of intriguing characters and ideas. I love it! The narrators are spot on!

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revenge on America

Ian Book Reviews: "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" (not a typo) is Stephen Graham Jones' masterpiece.
A reimagining of Interview with The Vampire that tells a similar story from the eyes of a Piikani man in the late 1800s.

It's been a long time since I've read a book that made me this angry and hateful about the evil fallacy of manifest destiny, and the disgusting rotted history of my country's creation.

May we all dream of a future where the Blackhorns are like the sea again 🦬✨

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Enjoyable

I love how the author weaved a fictional story around real-life horrors, making the reading experience feel grounded in reality. The blend of fiction and truth kept me engaged, and when I stopped to reflect on the events in the book, I couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of disgust, horror, and sorrow.

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A veritable masterpiece.

Everything that came before this must have been leading up to it. The best vampire novel. One of the best novels.

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Rich and beautiful mythology, bone-deep pain and generational grief, and dark, dark magic.

Why not 5 stars? Only because I just finished it and, as the highest score, I reserve five stars for truly life-changing books, books that make me or the world permanently and significantly different. But, this is a solid, SOLID 4.5! After I sit with this a while, I may have to adjust my rating. I'm allowing for the extra enthusiasm I'm feeling, having just finished it.
There are so many things I loved about the book but I don't want to describe any of them because I don't want to accidentally give any spoilers. But it was fantastic.
Also, I am not usually one to recommend an audiobook over text but, in this case, I feel like the narration significantly added to the work. Somewhere, I saw a criticism that a reader (who still loved the book, I believe) experienced some confusion because of the different voices and the different time periods. And, I can imagine that happening if my attention waned while reading. But, the different narrators in the audiobook made these transitions effortless and I enjoyed the performers voices and their competence very much. The whole experience seemed to come alive in an extra dimension that I may not have experienced as easily reading it from a page. I am looking forward to reading it, also.
I will definitely be rereading and relistening to this one. And, I can't wait to discuss it with someone who has already read it or listened to it. I really want to say more but I won't. Bravo, Mr. Jones!
(I'm using the star system as follows: 0 = trash, I read it but I wish I hadn't, 1 = tolerable as a distraction but little more, 2 = an OK read, preferable to not reading but I'm not likely to recommend it, 3 = a good and enjoyable read, I probably would recommend it 4 = important, enhancing, and/ or a great read, I'd strongly recommend it and may read it again, 5 = transcendent, incomparable, and/ or life changing.)

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SGJ blows readers away again again

There's nothing quite so exquisitely wonderful as discovering there's a new book available by Stephen Graham Jones!
Whether it's serial killers, werewolves, slasher movies, elk-headed women, or vampires SGJ writes with such obvious admiration & affection for all horror genres that the authenticity on each page can be felt in your bones. Pair with that his ability to describe the most stomach-churningly vivid details in the most poignantly beautiful, nearly effulgent language- like a fatal car crash in HD slow motion- and you can understand why he never disappoints.
This story is no exception, plus it's about vampires.

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Great horror book

Loved the twists and learning the different names for animals. Lots of suspense and not knowing what’s going to happen next.

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Don’t miss this one

This is Stephen Graham Jones at his absolute best, writing what just might be both a vampire story, and a contender for the Great American Novel.

This is the story of the bloody, cruel, ugly birth of the United States - and the horror implicit in “manifest destiny.” It’s also about vampires, and corruption, and an Indian who can’t die.

It’s brutal, and often slyly funny.

It contains a wealth of Blackfeet culture and language. It’s a long look back in love and sorrow at the final days of the Blackfeet and the world they used to live in.

It’s the best horror I’ve read or listened to in a long time, and it deserves to be read outside of the horror genre as well.

The audio version is superb. The voices and sound design bring so much to the story, that I’d recommend the audiobook over the book.

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter should be read alongside Blood Meridian, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved, and Invisible Man…. as well as Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot and Stoker’s Dracula.

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Visceral, Beautiful, and Gripping

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

This book is a masterpiece of atmospheric horror. An astonishing work that grabbed me from moment 1. The second half of the book, I finished in one sitting because it was so incredibly gripping.

This book is simultaneously eloquent and simplistic, horrifying and beautiful, witty and soul-crushingly tragic. It is the story of the Indian and the tool of their revenge. Good Stab is the horrible reminder of what was done to them in the name of progress, a nightmare given form. But the secrets hidden in this story are multitudinous and each one worse than the last. It will keep you glued to its pages til the gut wrenching conclusion.

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*Chefs kiss*

I’ve not read a book by this author but there was hype around this book. That’s usually a recipe for disaster and unmet expectations. It came out on Audible on sale so I took a chance- worth it! The narrators were phenomenal. It took a moment to get into the writing style and linguistics and then I was hooked. You think you know what will happen and then another twist. Even in the last 2.5 hours of the book I wondered how there could be more and it just took another left turn. I loved this book.
5 stars for the story. 5 stars for the narrators.

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