Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

670 reviews

sal_the_cat's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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pay attention to the trigger warings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, Colonisation

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, War

there are detailed descriptions of medical procedures, surgeries, explicit thoughts of body mutilation, cruel punishment methods for women "misbehaving" and victorian era typical misogyny. this book is very gory and if you can't handle any of the above this might not be for you

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Abandonment

stuftzombie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Abortion

miarbol05's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Absolutely wonderful read. I had so much fun reading it - the author truly knows how to structure each chapter to keep you reading and wanting more. the pace wss excellent - every chapter moved the story forward and it was such a fun read (well, the whole story was pretty dark but it was so eventful I was completely hooked). sooo damn good I definitely recommend it if you like a trans main character and mysterious deaths - and if you wanna get out of a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

canadawithoutthec's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Grief

istaisa's review against another edition

4.75

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: No

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This was extremely heavy, especially being billed as YA, check the content warnings. It’s a really solid horror novel that deals with a bunch of themes including the trans experience, autism and anxiety incredibly well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape, Abortion

marydith's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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One thing I love about Andrew Jospeh White’s books is that if someone fucks around, they always find out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Transphobia

jackyy93's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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“When the dead men come, we are waiting. We have been waiting so long. They must have convinced themselves they would never rot in the same dirt we do” (White, 373).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Medical content

kelsieyohe's review against another edition

4.75

challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Gore, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

b_fey's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Lesbophobia