Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

13 reviews

_lars_'s review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Violence, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Abandonment

There was some really uncomfortable

sexual scenes described from a child's perspective & then more sexual scenes acted out by said child

mlynn2004's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

1.5

If the author truly wants to continue writing horror, she is going to have to figure out how to reign in her overwhelming ableism. I think— I hope— what she was attempting to do is destabilize the reader’s sense of reality: an admittedly effective way to incite horror. But in actuality, the most horrifying about this book is the nagging concern that the author is either compassionless, uninformed or hell-bent on pathologizing a seemingly neurodivergent and obviously traumatized child. 

Under the circumstances of the plot, this could have been a challenging an honest look at parenting through generational trauma, but instead the author chooses to demonize a child that is clearly suffering, even while presenting good reason for that suffering. It is a baffling choice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Ableism, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

tjfmd's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism

vsenn's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Would be 3 stars, but my bias for the secondary themes of Motherhood, Natalism, and Relationship Equity bump up the rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Self harm

derivative's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Completely unsatisfying ending. There was no mystery and the last 2 chapters were a joke. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual content

ehagerty's review

Some of the worst writing I've seen. Any suspense is completely removed from having the perspective of the child and the mother, the husband is a complete moron and completely useless (and he has to be for any of this plot to work, really boring device there Stage), and some kind of weird reverse Oedipus complex with the daughter and her father. The ableism in this book towards autistism, personality disorders, and other special needs children is absolutely atrocious and goes unchecked, really ignorant and in poor taste on the author's part. I genuinely can't believe this book is rated so high.
Harry Potter does horror better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Gaslighting and Child abuse

lilacwhisker's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very crazy and made me want to vomit. It likes how at the start of the book the main focus is on Hanna’s mental issues/psychotic behaviors, and then near the end we also get to see how Suzette reflects many of these. I thought the comparisons of mothers and their daughters throughout the story (Suzette’s mother, Suzette, and Hanna) was interesting even without the horror bits. Even so, this book could be a little repetitive at some points and I can understand why some people didn’t like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and Incest

mangosunscreen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, and Ableism

a_wren_that_reads's review

dark 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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Mental illness, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual content

casber's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abandonment, Classism, Body shaming, and Death of parent