Reviews - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.51 AVERAGE

annikamaule's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lemon_drop's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ratatusk's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

ebeam24's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense

Andrew Joseph White is a must buy author moving forward.

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is a Victorian era, historical fantasy horror book that is uncomfortable, heartbreaking, violent, raw, and visceral. The characters are fully fleshed out and complex and you both ache and root them on as they face the horrors being enacted at Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium.

It just barely brushes the surface into the medical horrors minorities have suffered throughout history. But what it does touch on is ugly, violent, triggering, and enraging. So please make sure to read the author's note/warning at the beginning of the book before you read.

kmajeske's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

inkstainedghosts13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Amazing, read all in one night. Amazing trans and neurodivergent representation. Got the Gothic style perfectly. Fantastic book!

Content Warnings

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

How am I ever supposed to read another book ever again??

Content Warnings

midnightfrost135's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 4%

I really liked the writing, but the Victorian setting isn't my typical style, and the triggers inevitably made me too uncomfortable. (Which I think gives credence to the author's fantastic work, really. It creates exactly what it says it could.) Just not for me!

eventyr's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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: Complicated

Content Warnings

paigereitz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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