Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

89 reviews

seattlehols16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Gore, Murder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Animal death, Torture, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Transphobia

While this book does have a host of trigger warnings, it is horror after all, it also feels like an important book. I only have on of the identities that is explored in this book (being a woman in a world that requires women to be only a certain thing) and the author captured the FEELING of it. The other two identities were handled in the same careful, nuanced, real way. It’s a hard but necessary read.

alopez131's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abortion, Death, Rape, and Homophobia

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Confinement, Mental illness, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Gore, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abortion, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Outing, Pedophilia, Ableism, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Grief

lealula's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Torture, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Medical content, Sexism, Deadnaming, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape

cowboylikestoread43's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Body horror, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Suicide, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

thesunghost's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Violence, Murder, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Gore, Ableism, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Miscarriage, Deadnaming, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child death

rashi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

I loved “Hell Followed with us” but in this book I found the writing to be a tad insufferable… the inner dialogue just didn’t feel realistic to me, and I found the main character Silas to be… a bit of a caricature of what he was supposed to be? Things just felt a little too on the nose, and I felt like I was reading someone write a story, instead of feeling the story???? Does that make sense??? But I did find the story to be engaging, it just didn’t stick out to me very mu

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Blood, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Body horror, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm

sylbee's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Gore, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

arrr's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I don't typically read horror, so this was a bit outside my comfort zone. The story of transphobia and ableism in Victorian England mixed well with the addition of ghosts and the misogyny imposed against women and people who could manipulate the veil between worlds. I wasn't prepared for the medical horror and level of description. It wasn't as awful as it could have been, but it would have given me nightmares as a youth. I didn't really understand the ending before the last chapter. But I suppose it could be open to interpretation. Maybe that's the point. 

Well done. I unexpectedly enjoyed this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Homophobia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

pastelbread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Torture, Confinement, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Abortion, Blood, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, and Misogyny

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicidal thoughts