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Mandibula by Mónica Ojeda

81 reviews

dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an odd and eerie book, and I loved it! It explored group mentality and the gritty, visceral look into toxic female friendships and how far they can go. 

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the way the story is set up is kinda elegant, the writing itself is beautiful, the characters feel very, very real and i was invested the whole time. i think the author's handling of religious childhood sexual abuse and trauma was shocking (and a little voyeuristic and spectacular) but not inaccurate. another book where i want to ask the author if they were trying to make commentary on race or if the audiobook reader is adding unintentional layers.

i do really really wish that people who suggest books would give me a crumb of a trigger warning for these kinds of topics, but i dont necessarily regret reading this. 

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dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Whoa. 

Very stream of consciousness, unhinged girls/woman, obsession, religious deconstruction… beautifully written but dark and disturbing. 

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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

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adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this is the best thing ive ever read alongside the secret history by donna tartt. granted my frame of reference is not that wide an expanse

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF at pg 133 / 53%
I really dislike this ADULT book spending so much time focusing on a 6 year old's diddling habits and a teen girl's vulva. I'm super averse to dental stuff so the line on pg 133 "I like your teeth so much I want to rip them out of you" absolutely sent me over the edge. 

This is horrific in the worst way. 
Gonna go bleach my eyeballs now. 

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Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yeah, fernanda and anne are the final boss of the weird toxic homoerotic  friendship queer girls teen experience.

i quite enjoyed my read, mostly the end since i was really looking for the psychological-horror theme and the tw made me curious LOL
perhaps the first time i come accrocs a book where any kind of bodily fluids are heavily described.
the writing, the way things escalate are fairly interesting to witness! i was really looking forward to the cult setting and the “game” around it and i’m not disappointed…👀

perhaps it should have been better to put footnotes to explain the intentions behind the translation instead of putting everything at the end of the book. the translator's words were very insightful, it's a shame to only find out about it at the end when we could have had more details at the time of the events.

nevertheless, i think i enjoy weird writings where [queer] characters are each other’s obsession to the point of— well… no. no points. i like it tough. bloody. gloomy. i like when they’d rather hurt/kill themselves rather than disappointing the one they adore. i like when they’re flawed, so pathetic that only the person they yearn for is capable to understand them.  
give me blood, bites, pain, scars in the name of adoration and i’ll be yours.



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dark tense medium-paced

Triggers are everywhere in this book. I'm still not sure what I just read. It was interesting and strange, weirdly written and disturbing. Good luck.

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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