A review by spicycheesecake
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this book! My knowledge on Indigenous culture is not the worst, so I didn't go into this book blind, and this has probably helped me understand a lot of the stories and their *deeper meanings*. 

I love, love, loveeee this book. I don't know if the selection and the organization of the stories was intentional, but I enjoyed starting off the book with more realistic, human-y, paranormal-y stories, and then later going into harder-fiction-y concepts. I also enjoyed the diversity of characters: old, young, queer, fe/male, etc. I appreciate the new perspectives it gave me.


Also, horror is my least favourite genre, so I was SCARED to go into this -- I have no horror books in my list of read books lol
I'm so glad that this wasn't flat out scary horror! I kind of enjoyed the creepy or sad elements. But I don't think I will be getting into horror at any point :kekcry:

For my spooky friends, and to my scared friends who still like spooky season, I *will* be recommending this book for the autumn/spooky season each year <3

My favourite stories: Sundays, Behind Colin's Eyes, Before I Go, Hunger, White Hills, Blood Quantum.