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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

55 reviews

aetherthedino's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Ableism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Confinement, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Rape, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Vomit, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

errie's review against another edition

dark

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence

tgaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death, Dysphoria, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

intertidalkendy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Outing

possibilityleft's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

getlitwithamy_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is just as beautiful as it is haunting. There were times where I felt a need to close the book because of its gory details, but it also made me want to keep reading. 

Andrew Joseph White’s prose is SO addicting! He really knows how to captivate his audience with scene building and character depictions and developments. 

The autism representation is phenomenal, probably the best I’ve ever read. If you’re autistic/neurodivergent, TSBIT will make you feel accurately represented. So many of Silas’ internal thoughts hit close to home, but in a good way. 

Please note that this is a VERY gory horror book. It is definitely hard to stomach. There are a lot of trigger warnings that should be kept in mind. Either way, it is a masterpiece  that deserves all of the praise!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Self harm, Abortion, Blood, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Confinement, Outing, Transphobia, Child death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Deadnaming, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide attempt

quiltsandtealibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I’ll add more later but holy hell this book is insanely good but super heavy but so good!!!

PLEASE HEED ALL TW/CW !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Vomit, Kidnapping, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Blood, Abortion, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

ender24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A wonderful story, with a lot of horror and gore. It’s a bit slow for the first half of the book, but it’s important for the overall story unlike some other writings. Already want a sequel, or something to expand the world of the story.

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Content Warnings

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

_teoeo's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

Prepare to be angry. Prepare to be disgusted. Prepare to get your heart broken and stiched back together, not neatly but still perfect. 

Oh, I enjoyed that book so much! After I've read "Hell Followed With Us" and loved it, "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" was one of my most anticipated books this year. 
 At first, I have to be honest, it was a bit difficult to find your way into the story, for it felt like you just jumped into that world without any explanation of it whatsoever. But the more I read, the more I understood it. 
 It is a deep dive into being trans and autistic, what it means to be a man or a woman and how society tries to make rules about that. It also is a good example of how language changes the way we precieve

for as soon as Silas used she/her pronouns and Daphnes real name it totally changed the way I saw this character.

 Even though the plottwists are a little predictable, they aren't less shocking and especially the last 100 pages have the perfect arc of suspense! 

Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Ableism, Blood, Abortion, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexism, Transphobia, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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

Read For:

Ghosts

Hurt/Comfort

T4T (ftm x mtf)

Dark Queer Rage

Gothic Victorian Vibes

Absolutely beautiful in a dark and vicious way.  It was heavy and uncomfortable but in a way that made you want to fight for the characters in the pages.  Drawing you in with each chapter.

The trans representation in this book might not have been the happiest I’ve ever read but even though all the angst and hurt there were moments of comfort, of happiness and hope.

Silas was such a lovable main character.  I liked his passion for being a surgeon, trying and fighting for what he wanted even when nearly everyone failed him, time and time again.  Daphne was such a light in his life and to this book I couldn’t imagine it without her.  Again a very lovable character.

This book was not soft or lighthearted and I definitely suggest reading the content warnings beforehand; but this book was written so well.  The setting, the plot, the characters, even the cover of this book was amazing.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

(First Person POV)

Spice: 🌶️ (lightly mentioned)

Rep: Trans MC (ftm), Autistic MC, Trans LI (mtf), LGBTQIA+ MC/SCs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Cursing, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, Medical content, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Misogyny, Violence, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Animal cruelty