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Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

20 reviews

necroplasm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

maybe someday i'll find one of these short horror reads that i actually like! anyways i honestly nearly DNF'd this bc i found the characters and their dynamic to be incredibly obnoxious, but the book was so damn short i figured i'd just finish it anyways. for something that was touted in reviews as ~Sooooo Disturbing~ there were like 2 parts that even had the POTENTIAL to be scary and literally a single kill that was admittedly kinda fucked up but not really Extreme. if this book scared you i'm sorry to say you're a total lightweight 💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I tried to listen to the audiobook a year ago and it didn’t take, so I gave it a second attempt in hardcover, and I sure finished it.

I got 30+ pgs in and was so blank on the situation. it was so caked in metaphor that i struggled to follow conversations. very over-the-top. but then i got high and the metaphors blended together in a way that it worked. By the end I was like oh okay. fuck. wait! The characters were soaked in so much vitriol, I struggled to understand why they were even friends. And their connections were so weighted with unspoken meaning that I really couldn’t follow things. Hard to decipher under all the merit of words.

This wasn’t good per say… I don’t know that I’d recommend the book. But it sure was an immersive high. So the end really hit me hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, and Death

Minor: Drug use and Excrement

karmapen's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book feels like a promising first draft— desperately in need of some editing. The characters are obnoxious. Too many things are hinted at but not explained, while other things are TOO detailed. I was disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The visuals were so perfectly horror-esque. Elegant but dirty and got under your skin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Vomit

lordsnow's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Vomit

maelstrom712's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Overall, a very fast paced novella with an interesting take on the haunted house story. The writing style was very imaginative and invocative. I wished there was further development of the ghost before the initial meeting of said ghost. The transitions between scenes felt a little flat at times. I read the entire story in roughly 3.5 hours. 4/5, a strong writing for the protagonist and the side characters, interesting take on the haunted house trope, had stilted transitions at times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood, Drug use, and Alcohol

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, Gaslighting, Excrement, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Bullying

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Excrement, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Cursing

its2early4this's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book was more disgusting than scary. While the author did a good job of describing the scenes, the prose got so bogged down in said descriptions that the pacing was off. There didn't seem to be much build to the climax, and there was no feeling the the story, despite sad and horrific things happening to the characters. All-in-all, not a fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, and Excrement

Minor: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury