Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

158 reviews

httpsserenity's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely beautiful book with very lovable characters and intriguing twists. A good book for Halloween.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Torture, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Grief, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexism, Abortion, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, and Panic attacks/disorders

cryptofauna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

oh my god. i DEVOURED this book. i cannot even conceptualize how i feel about silas and daphne 😭 /pos 
 less body-horror than i was expecting but i’m not generally someone who seeks out gore so the occasional medical stuff was a pretty good level for me. well written, super lovable characters, interesting plot and magic system, amazing representation. augh. i love him

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Dysphoria, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

kng_writes's review against another edition

5.0

CHILLING. If you can stomach this book, it’s a fantastic read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Body horror, Ableism, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Death, Deadnaming, and Blood

pandorajoan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Gore, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Death

meminger's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Transphobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Abortion, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Medical content, Vomit, and Forced institutionalization

thepastelqueen's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Death, Transphobia, Body horror, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Sexual assault

eiventeapot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

oh my fucking god. oh my Fucking God.
this books was Amazing. as a queer autistic person, this is The representation i needed. oh my god.
the trans autistic experience is so well written, so accurate, so complex and true, yet simple.
i personally can’t say i was, well, horrified by the horror and gore but it might just be me. i know most people would definitely be queasy at the very least, so that’s something to keep in mind.
overall, andrew joseph white did a spectacular job with this book! i’ve already ordered his other book, hell follows with us, and i can’t wait for his future releases!! 100% instabuy every book he releases

easiest 5☆ of my life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Dysphoria, Violence, Gore, Deadnaming, Death, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Child death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Transphobia, Torture, and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Confinement, Dysphoria, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abortion, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Transphobia, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Abandonment, Grief, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Homophobia, Biphobia, Colonisation, Death of parent, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Miscarriage

dissection of dead pigs is discussed frequently in the book

brickwall27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This book made me cry happy tears I love it and the representation it's the first book I've read with a happy ending for the queer character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Body horror, Gore, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Ableism, Deadnaming, Death, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Child death

This book is good but if you are easily upset by anything tread carefully

This book was a little harder of a read for me but in the end, it was so good I started crying. The author is a wonderful man who is writing from experience (sorta)there are super hard scenes that include: the brother turning out to be evil, throwing kids off stairs, live dissections of girls, ripping out eyes to make a wife submit, pissed dead victims, lots violence towards women, overall a good but hard read

emma_rose_barrell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Dysphoria, Murder, Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Body horror, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Abortion, Death, and Suicide attempt