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Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death
Minor: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
If I had to quickly summarize this book I’d say it’s Heathers meets the Craft meets Psycho. It’s about mean girls and toxic friendships and obsession and madness.
This book places queer, female desire at its center as it explores the horrors of adolescence and aging, the thin line between pleasure and pain, and the many dualities of womanhood. It combines angst and madness in a way that cautions (strongly) against uncontrolled desire.
Jawbone is a truly disturbing book. Not just with its imagery (which can be downright gross) but also with the very composition of the prose. With each subordinate clause and parenthetical remark within parenthetical remark, the reader grows more and more uncomfortable and the foreboding and claustrophobic atmosphere intensifies.
This is Ojeda’s first book to be translated into English and all I can say is man, I can’t wait for more.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Classism
Minor: Animal death
Overall I would say this book was interesting and I'm glad I read it. I don't think I would recommend it to most people, but the plot certainly was unique. I liked the alternating perspectives and timeline and I think it helped to humanize all our characters, even though I never particularly liked or cared about any of them. I also think there's a lot of symbolism that can be deeply dissected and discussed, if you're into that sort of thing. I definitely got the gist but I could feel so much of it going over my head.
Full half star off for the poor formatting. Long blocks of text with little dialogue or paragraph breaks is exhausting for the mind and it took me a long time to read a not-very-long book.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia
Minor: Body shaming, Religious bigotry
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death, Blood
CW: up to where I read
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Terminal illness, Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Blood, Lesbophobia
Minor: Child death