Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

133 reviews

pandorajoan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Gore, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Death

eiventeapot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

oh my fucking god. oh my Fucking God.
this books was Amazing. as a queer autistic person, this is The representation i needed. oh my god.
the trans autistic experience is so well written, so accurate, so complex and true, yet simple.
i personally can’t say i was, well, horrified by the horror and gore but it might just be me. i know most people would definitely be queasy at the very least, so that’s something to keep in mind.
overall, andrew joseph white did a spectacular job with this book! i’ve already ordered his other book, hell follows with us, and i can’t wait for his future releases!! 100% instabuy every book he releases

easiest 5☆ of my life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Dysphoria, Violence, Gore, Deadnaming, Death, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Child death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Transphobia, Torture, and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Confinement, Dysphoria, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

itlivesitbleeds's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abortion, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Transphobia, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Abandonment, Grief, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Homophobia, Biphobia, Colonisation, Death of parent, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Miscarriage

dissection of dead pigs is discussed frequently in the book

lets_b_libros's review against another edition

Way too dark for me, I didn’t read the content warnings and should have!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Ableism, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Rape

remescient's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is a devastating, heart wrenching, wonderous thing. I am adding it to my list of absolute favorite books of all time. I love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Outing, Rape, Sexism, Murder, and Sexual assault

Please please please read the content warnings, as many extremely violent, horrible things happen, and it might be a very difficult read for some. It's a very good book but very dark.

ash_36's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Body horror, and Child abuse

avacado666's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is incredible. It has really good trans representation. The way it's written is very relatable. Silas i s also autistic and i love that he is, i can't say if its good representation, because i am not. It is very dark, some times gory and very gritty. I like the atmosphere and that pretty much every man is a piece of shit. 

I coudn't stop reading and was really sad when it was over. I also loved the worldbuilding, the lore and how it was written overall.

There is a T4T realtionship, omg i was so pumped about that

Also Daphne is the GOAT, i almost exploded when she was introduced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Transphobia

chelseazhao's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a very uncomfortable read, but that's not to say that it was a bad thing.

There is a lot of medical terminology and surgery. So we do have body parts and bodily fluids throughout.

This is also a book set in the 1800's. And even though we do have light fantasy elements, we get to experience what some of the women of this time had to endure at the hands of the men who want to keep them down and break them.

I also felt that the body dysmorphia that our main character experienced was well done, although uncomfortable to read. I really felt what he was going through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Gore, Rape, Blood, and Body horror

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Confinement, Mental illness, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Gore, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abortion, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Outing, Pedophilia, Ableism, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Grief