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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

38 reviews

a_crow_in_the_sky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Deadnaming, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Bullying, and Miscarriage

tgaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death, Dysphoria, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

leah_dawn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, Dysphoria, Medical content, and Misogyny

possibilityleft's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Medical content, Blood, Mental illness, Vomit, Child death, Dysphoria, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ender24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A wonderful story, with a lot of horror and gore. It’s a bit slow for the first half of the book, but it’s important for the overall story unlike some other writings. Already want a sequel, or something to expand the world of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Trafficking

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Read For:

Ghosts

Hurt/Comfort

T4T (ftm x mtf)

Dark Queer Rage

Gothic Victorian Vibes

Absolutely beautiful in a dark and vicious way.  It was heavy and uncomfortable but in a way that made you want to fight for the characters in the pages.  Drawing you in with each chapter.

The trans representation in this book might not have been the happiest I’ve ever read but even though all the angst and hurt there were moments of comfort, of happiness and hope.

Silas was such a lovable main character.  I liked his passion for being a surgeon, trying and fighting for what he wanted even when nearly everyone failed him, time and time again.  Daphne was such a light in his life and to this book I couldn’t imagine it without her.  Again a very lovable character.

This book was not soft or lighthearted and I definitely suggest reading the content warnings beforehand; but this book was written so well.  The setting, the plot, the characters, even the cover of this book was amazing.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

(First Person POV)

Spice: 🌶️ (lightly mentioned)

Rep: Trans MC (ftm), Autistic MC, Trans LI (mtf), LGBTQIA+ MC/SCs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Cursing, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, Medical content, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Misogyny, Violence, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Animal cruelty

bookishfaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an e-arc for review!

I adored Andrew Joseph White’s first novel, Hell Followed With Us, & have been anxiously anticipating this novel & was so so so excited to be approved for an arc of it! I absolutely loved this, it told such a dark & moving story beautifully, the representation in here with transness & autism is so so good just as I expected it would be, & the commentaries on transness were very powerful in this & I just loved my reading experience. This book is definitely very dark so mind your triggers going into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Medical content, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gore, and Grief

st_ender's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I thought maybe I just related to Hell Followed with Us and won't like The Spirit Bares it's Teeth because it's usually not my genre and I am an adult. Nope, AJ White is just really good. I loved the novel and I really appreciate YA breaching difficult topics and taking young readers seriously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Transphobia, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Murder, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit