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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

232 reviews

kingsamong's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

At 35 years old, this is the first time I've seen myself so fully in a character. I cannot explain the wealth of emotions I feel reading through Silas' eyes and knowing, even for a fictional character, I am not alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

evelyno's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

zagecko's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism and Rape

lizardgod's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

 I love women as men are expected to, but the way only one who has ever experienced womanhood can. 

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Content Warnings

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

shugentobler's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This book was gory and beautiful and heart breaking and dark and amazing and terrible. It was a small fictional window into the lives of those who need to be "fixed" by the system and the horrors they endured. I thought silas's portrayal as a trans person was honest and gut wrenching without feeling heavy handed. This was my favorite Gothic horror of the year which is saying something because I've had a few! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Classism

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

Bloody, brutal, and utterly compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Miscarriage and Self harm

Graphic:: Saneism, Misgendering, Toxic masculinity Moderate:: Slut shaming

taratearex's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This was really great. I liked it even more than his debut, which I also thought was great, but he's really elevating his skills in this one, and the way he writes trans and autistic characters is just so good and so needed. With this book it solidified that Andrew Joseph White is a must-read author for me and I'm even more excited for his adult novel now.

I read the audiobook for this, which lead to a bit of confusion at times with the narrative not always being clear, but for the most part that didn't take away from my understanding or enjoyment- I did have a physical copy with me that I just never got around to picking up to see the written structure, I may still do that at some point. So I'd recommend the audiobook, but it may be nice to have the physical book too.

Definitely check trigger warnings on this one, I really appreciate the author intro with a trigger warning at the beginning. Some CW: a lot of medical/body gore/body horror, sexual assault, conversion therapy, transphobia, pedophilia, abortion, miscarriage, death, murder 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

corvidsyay's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lintybird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Medical content