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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
need to read 50 books written just like this one. fucking exceptional
I rather enjoyed Hell Followed With Us when I read it a few months ago, but The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is something spectacular on an entirely different level. I found it an incredibly compelling read from the very beginning, and I finished it in less than a day because I couldn't bear not to know what happened next.
I think the one thing that really struck me while I was reading this is just how fantastic Andrew Joseph White is at writing trans horror. It's brilliant horror in general, of course, but mixed into it all is an element of transness that can't be extricated from the horror as a whole, and it is something I simply love to read. The sanitorium was a great setting for the story, made all the more eerie in the knowledge that while this may be fiction, it carries a great deal of truth. The girls there were each uniquely fascinating, with their own ways of coping with what they were being put through. Everything about this book felt perfectly crafted, and I never wanted to put it down.
I think the one thing that really struck me while I was reading this is just how fantastic Andrew Joseph White is at writing trans horror. It's brilliant horror in general, of course, but mixed into it all is an element of transness that can't be extricated from the horror as a whole, and it is something I simply love to read. The sanitorium was a great setting for the story, made all the more eerie in the knowledge that while this may be fiction, it carries a great deal of truth. The girls there were each uniquely fascinating, with their own ways of coping with what they were being put through. Everything about this book felt perfectly crafted, and I never wanted to put it down.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Putting the "gore" in gorgeous prose. Simultaneously split open and stitched together my identity crisis against a hellishly Victorian backdrop. Breathtaking!