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challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Jawbone is an outrageously innovative novel of literary horror which weaves together classic literature, pop culture, and creepypastas with a running stitch of hyphens and a sprinkle of Ferrante. This is a book about fear and horror—this is a book about mothers and daughters. We follow panic-ridden Clara, a young teacher obsessed with becoming her dead mother, as she encounters Annelise and Fernanda, the sapphic leaders of a pack of teen girls who take over an abandoned building to make a game of worshiping a horrifying White God of their own invention. Mónica Ojeda traps readers between her teeth with never-before-dared depictions of ugliness and taboo, and Sarah Booker’s translator’s note is incredibly insightful—don’t skip it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy