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The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

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sunnithereader's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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razzberry_pi's review against another edition

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took a really sharp anti-men turn that seemed kinda rad-fem ish and i had to put the book down

also there was no real mention of the Indigenous peoples who were colonized which was weird and offputting as a rlly nature centered magical realism book

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missmaddereads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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persephonefoxx's review against another edition

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dark 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? Yes

4.0

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likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

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

4.5

A beautifully haunting story about female rage, The River Has Teeth has so much to offer: witches, monsters, sapphic romance, family trauma, mystery, and more.
The writing style, plot, and characters were all easy to become immersed in. I cannot say enough positive things about this book. There are very little things that I wish the author did better and I was pretty much hooked from the moment I read the dedication.
This one is for us who have been made prey. The River Has Teeth. And so do we.

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displacedcactus's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

This book was fine. I suspect it will hit better with its target YA audience. As an adult reader I found it a bit predictable and found the character work a little rough. I do always appreciate a bit of feminine rage in a book, though, and I liked how the murder ballads were worked into the story. Plus the story is sapphic and I believe one or both of the female MCs are bi.

Like many books I've read recently, I also felt like the pace really could have used a little tightening. This book had a pretty soggy middle (like a river?). Or maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm feeling extra impatient with books this summer.

By the way, depending on which site you see this book on, it'll be listed as either a mystery, a dark fantasy, or a horror. For me, it read the most like a horror. There's some horrific things going on here, the setting has real Southern Gothic vibes, and while they are trying to solve the mystery of the missing girls, it definitely feels less like a "whodunnit" and more like a "creepy things in the woods" vibe.

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