Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

88 reviews

rogue_onion17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Despite the graphic content of this book, it was an incredibly engaging read. There were a lot of poetic elements interspersed which I loved. It was a real page turner for me. I am someone who is not squeamish so the graphic gore and other content wasn't difficult for me to swallow. The only reason it wasn't a perfect 5 for me was because I just wanted more from the book itself. The writing style is accessible, but that lowers the challenge of reading it. To be fair, the book pushed in a lot more ways than it's writing style (see graphic medical content and horrific reality of the world our protagonist must endure) but that doesn't mean I wasn't left feeling like something was missing from my plate. Still, I would most certainly recommend it to anyone who loves gothic horror and wants to see some actually good and informed autistic representation with a side of queer resilience! I will definitely be giving the author's other books a read soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

fatfatrat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abortion, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Confinement, Blood, Dysphoria, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

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

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

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

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

remescient's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

This book is a devastating, heart wrenching, wonderous thing. I am adding it to my list of absolute favorite books of all time. I love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Outing, Rape, Sexism, Murder, and Sexual assault

Please please please read the content warnings, as many extremely violent, horrible things happen, and it might be a very difficult read for some. It's a very good book but very dark.

alsira98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Ableism, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

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

readingradie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

God, I loved this. The horror of it. The transness of it. If I could read this again to experience it for the first time, I would in a heartbeat. 

The slow reveal was wonderful and the growing horrific realization what was happening was so well written. When the reason Mrs. Forrester's limp is revealed I had to physically look away. God, this was so good.

Also, please heed the content warnings, it gets wild in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Medical content, Deadnaming, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Transphobia, Abortion, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage

multiple Victorian Era surgeries done by the protagonist,

descriptions of: dead bodies, severe injuries, gore, literal torture that the person likes, the sexual assault isn't aggressive but I'm not very sensitive to it, the protagonist describing operating on dead animals for practice.