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Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

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2 STARS Unfortunately, this book didn't work for me. It was overly wordy, secluded me as a reader with the Japanese words and folklore (this isn't going to be a problem for everyone but for me, I don't want to look things up when I'm reading which is what I had to do to follow along), and there were essentially no repercussions for the bad things that happened. The ghost story aspect was good but I wanted to see so much more come from it. I mean look at this COVER. It's what nightmares are made out of **shivers**

That being said, there are many readers who absolutely loved this novel. Please make sure to check out their reviews before deciding if this is the book for you or not. Just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean it won't be yours.

booktrunks's review against another edition

2.0

I think my sheer headstrong desire to like this book is making this hard to admit for me, but this is not what I was looking for unfortunately. I was intrigued by the setup, and had a good spooky time with some of the ghostie descriptions. However, this book was not even close to scary enough. I am a wimp with horror, you can ask anyone who knows me, and I was not really even mildly scared for a single part of this book. I found the group dynamics and relationships really confusing at first, and by the time I fully sorted it out, I just didn't like any of them sadly. I was also hoping that it would be a little more eventful given how short of a novella it was, but I left feeling like not very much happened.

Spoiler

Lastly, and this probably isn't worth mentioning, but why take the time to specifically mention that the ritual/spell needed "some cum" (among many other things) and then specifically explain how each thing was obtained but that? It is just such a thing to read and I was even searching to see if I had missed something! I know this isn't really that important, but for some reason has been very upsetting to me.

Overall, I'm definitely glad I read it, and I want to try the audiobook, but I was pretty underwhelmed.

annika87's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

sue_mcneill_bindon's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fluoritefox's review against another edition

2.0

The writing was overall pretty good, but I couldn’t get past how rushed the plot was. The first 40 pages were pretty good and nicely paced, but everything after that felt so hurried, yet, not a lot actually happened. The relationships between the characters became convoluted and confusing mostly due to the possessions and hauntings, but I also thought they could be fleshed out more. It didn’t seem like we knew anyone too well before the book was even over, as it’s only 124 pages.