The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is predominantly comprised of a 1912 journal written by a pastor that is, in the present day, discovered and provided to the pastor’s great great granddaughter. The events of the novel have their roots in an actual historical event – Marias Massacre – and interwoven with the pastor’s journal are his transcriptions of the oral accounts of Good Stab, a Blackfeet man who appears to have supernatural abilities. Stephen Graham Jones’ writing is incredible as always, the plot gripped me beginning to end, and I found myself simultaneously unable to put the book down and questioning whether reading it right before trying to go to sleep was a good idea. Three Persons / Pastor Beaucarne and Good Stab are both such fascinating POVs, and the alternation between them is really effective. Definitely recommend this novel with my only caveat being that the content warnings it warrants definitely mean it won’t be for every reader.

Content warnings: colonialism, racism, violence, gun violence, murder, torture, death, grief, animal cruelty, animal death, death of a child, death of a parent, rape, child abuse, gore, blood, body horror, injury detail, forcible confinement, genocide – the violence and gore in this book is graphic, on-page, and pervasive.